Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-020
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 7:51 PM–8:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a key advisor. The call serves no broader policy purpose beyond establishing this specific line of communication.
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NARA Description
On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:51 pm and 8:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 30-20
Date: September 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:51 pm and 8:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on September 21, 1972
- 357-012 5:02 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
- 357-013 5:02 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
- 357-014 5:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
- 357-015 5:02 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
- 030-016 7:42 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:42 pm.
- 030-017 7:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:42 pm to 7:43 pm.
- 030-018 7:44 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 7:47 pm.
- 030-019 7:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 030-020, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).