Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-022

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

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 3:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-022 on Tape 31StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 3:22 PMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 3:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson to arrange an immediate meeting. The call serves solely as a brief administrative instruction to facilitate a discussion between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive matters were addressed during this short exchange.

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and come in, please.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-22

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 3:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 354-32]

        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on October 6, 1972

  • 031-020 2:27 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 031-021 2:28 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 2:28 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 354-029 2:28 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:28 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 354-030 2:32 PM · 36 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 2:32 pm and 2:35 pm.
  • 354-031 2:35 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 354-032 3:22 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:22 pm.
  • 354-033 3:22 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:24 pm.
  • 354-034 3:24 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:24 pm to 3:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-022, 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/031-022 (accessed October 1, 2026).