Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-057
Nixon phone call with Colson
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 2:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
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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. ColsonTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also 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.
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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 November 15, 2026).