Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-009

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Wednesday, September 20, 1972 · 7:46 PM–8:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-009 on Tape 30StartWednesday, September 20, 1972 at 7:46 PMEndWednesday, September 20, 1972 at 8:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served solely as a request to connect with Colson for an unstated purpose. No further substantive discussion occurred between the President and the operator.

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Colson, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:46 pm and 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-9

Date: September 20, 1972

Time: Unknown between 7:46 pm and 8:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on September 20, 1972

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  • 212-005 8:10 PM · 9 sec — William Hirsch and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-006 8:10 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-007 8:10 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-008 8:10 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-009, September 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).