Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-065
Nixon phone call with Colson on Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Teamsters
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 3:25 PM–3:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Charles W. Colson to facilitate a telephone call to Teamsters leader Frank E. Fitzsimmons. The discussion focused on confirming Fitzsimmons's current location in Washington and establishing his nickname prior to the President connecting with him. This brief exchange served primarily as logistical coordination to finalize the President's schedule for the afternoon.
- Frank E. Fitzsimmons
- Teamsters
- Presidential scheduling
- White House communications
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-65
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 3:25 pm - 3:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 367-10G]
The President's call to Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-The President's schedule
Colson conferred with the President at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:28 pm.
Fitzsimmons's nickname
[End of conferral]
The President talked with Fitzsimmons at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:28 pm.
[See Conversation No. 367-10G]
Fitzsimmon’s location
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[Duration: 3m ]
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- 799-021 3:58 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:58 pm.
- 799-022 3:58 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 3:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-065, 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/031-065 (accessed October 5, 2026).