Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-057
Nixon phone call with Colson on Administrative coordination
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 2:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this brief communication to summon Charles W. Colson for an immediate in-person meeting. The call served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate a direct consultation between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request, which functioned solely to coordinate the staff member's arrival at the Oval Office.
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-57
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 2:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 367-6]
Request for a meeting with Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on October 16, 1972
- 031-056 2:21 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 2:21 pm to 2:22 pm.
- 367-005 2:21 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:21 pm to 2:22 pm.
- 031-058 2:23 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 031-059 2:23 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 367-006 2:23 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 2:23 pm.
- 367-007 2:23 PM · 7 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 2:23 pm and 2:25 pm.
- 367-008 2:23 PM · 10 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 2:23 pm and 2:25 pm.
- 367-009 2:23 PM · 21 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 2:23 pm and 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-057, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-057 (accessed October 1, 2026).