Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-046

Nixon phone call with Colson

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 12:37 PM–12:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation029-046 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:37 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-046 ↗

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On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-046 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 29-46

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: 12:37 pm - 12:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

     Colson's location

     Request for a meeting

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  • 029-045 12:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 363-001 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 363-003 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
  • 029-047 12:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:39 pm.
  • 363-004 12:38 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:39 pm.
  • 029-048 12:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 12:39 pm to 12:42 pm.
  • 363-005 12:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:39 pm to 1:24 pm.
  • 029-049 12:42 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:47 pm.

Conversation 029-046, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-046 (accessed November 2, 2026).