Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-010
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:29 PM–12:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served to coordinate the President's schedule regarding the urgent attendance of his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-10
Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President conferred with an unknown person.
The President's schedule
[End of conferral]
The President talked with the White House operator at 12:30 pm.
[See Conversation No. 354-14]
Charles W. Colson
-The President’s request for a meetingAlso recorded on October 6, 1972
- 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 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 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 365-002 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 365-003 12:29 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 793-017 12:29 PM · 56 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 4:01 pm.
- 354-014 12:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-010, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).