Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-015

Nixon phone call with Colson on White House Tapes and Withheld Records

Friday, August 4, 1972 · 10:36 AM–10:37 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation029-015 on Tape 29StartFriday, August 4, 1972 at 10:36 AMEndFriday, August 4, 1972 at 10:37 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engaged in a brief telephone conversation that was subsequently withheld from the public record. Due to the withdrawal of the content, no specific policy decisions, political strategies, or substantive topics are discernable from the available documentation. The interaction remains a restricted item within the White House taping archives.

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Mr. Cole, sir.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:36 am to 10:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-15

Date: August 4, 1972
Time: 10:36 am - 10:37 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 761-6]

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Also recorded on August 4, 1972

  • 029-012 10:22 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:24 am.
  • 029-013 10:24 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:24 am to 10:25 am.
  • 029-014 10:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 761-004 10:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 761-005 10:25 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 761-006 10:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:37 am.
  • 029-016 10:37 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 1:09 pm.
  • 761-007 10:37 AM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, , Tricia Nixon Cox, Kenneth C. Rietz, George K. Gorton, Kenneth M. Smith, Angela M. Harris, Angela l. Miller, Lea D. Jablonsky, Thomas M. Davis, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Richard K. Cook met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 1:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-015, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).