Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-041

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

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 2:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-041 on Tape 30StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 2:37 PMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 2:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-041 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Charles W. Colson. The President requested that Colson relocate to his office in the Executive Office Building to conduct business. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to initiate a subsequent consultation between the two men.

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Mr. Coulson, to drop over to the EOB office, please.
Yes, I will.

NARA Description

On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-041 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-41

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 2:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 354-9]

       Charles W. Colson
              -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on October 2, 1972

  • 354-006 1:40 PM · 22 sec — 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 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 354-007 1:40 PM · 13 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 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 354-008 1:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:37 pm.
  • 354-009 2:37 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:37 pm.
  • 354-010 2:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 145-010 4:03 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:06 pm.
  • 145-011 4:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 214-021 4:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-041, October 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-041 (accessed October 1, 2026).