Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John F. Collins

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 4:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-069 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:45 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Boston Mayor John F. Collins. The President notes that Charles W. Colson possesses the necessary contact information for the former mayor. This exchange serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and Collins.

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Would you get me former Mayor John Collins of Boston?
Yes.
Mr. Colson has his number, if you'd like.
All right, sir.
Thanks.

NARA Description

On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-69

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 4:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 799-28]

        Request for a call to John F. Collins
           -Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on October 16, 1972

  • 031-070 4:45 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert A. Forst talked on the telephone from 4:45 pm to 4:46 pm.
  • 799-028 4:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:45 pm.
  • 799-029 4:45 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:45 pm.
  • 799-030 4:45 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert A. Forst met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:45 pm to 4:46 pm.
  • 799-031 4:46 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 031-071 4:49 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Fast talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 799-032 4:49 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Fast met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 031-072 4:52 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph Townsley talked on the telephone from 4:52 pm to 4:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-069, 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/031-069 (accessed October 1, 2026).