Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-027

Colson & Hall on Louis P. Harris and Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Monday, October 9, 1972 · 1:38 PM–2:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 32 sec

ParticipantsColson, Charles W.; White House operator; Hall, JoanConversation031-027 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 9, 1972 at 1:38 PMEndMonday, October 9, 1972 at 2:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-027 ↗

AI Summary

Charles W. Colson directs his assistant, Joan Hall, to expedite the delivery of the latest Louis P. Harris public opinion poll to Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Colson instructs Hall to emphasize that the President personally requested the materials be sent to his daughter immediately. This task highlights the administration's active efforts to share polling data with family members for political or personal review.

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This is Mr. Coulson.
Can I have my office, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Mr. Coulson's office.
Joan, send a copy of the latest terrorist poll immediately over to Julie before she leaves.
Say that...
The one that came in this morning?
Yeah, the one that's for publicity, the bonus, you know, the Tuesday.
Yeah.
Just say that her father asked that it be sent right over.

NARA Description

On October 9, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Joan Hall talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-27

Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 365-5B]

        Request for a call to his office

Colson talked with Joan Hall.

        Louis P. Harris poll
            -Copy for Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                 -The President

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-027, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-027 (accessed October 1, 2026).