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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation031-010 on Tape 31StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-010 ↗

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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 meeting

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Sorry.
Could we have Mr. Coulson come in, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

Also 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.

All 73 conversations from October 6, 1972 →

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 November 15, 2026).