Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-043
Colson phone call on Watergate and Public opinion polling
Wednesday, October 25, 1972 · 4:40 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 37 sec
AI Summary
Charles W. Colson coordinates with his office staff to analyze recent public opinion data regarding the Watergate scandal. The discussion focuses on determining the political affiliations—specifically whether they are supporters of George McGovern, President Nixon, or undecided—of individuals raising the issue in polls. Colson directs his staff to verify these demographic details to better gauge the electoral impact of the controversy.
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NARA Description
On October 25, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-043
Date: October 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 32-43A]
[See conversation No. 374-3B]
Request for a call to Colson's office
Colson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm.
[Conversation No. 32-43B]
[See conversation No. 374-3C]
Call to Albert E. Sindlinger
-Poll on Watergate
-Results
-Presidential candidate supporters
Conversation 032-171
Date: October 25, 1972
Time: 6:25 pm – 6:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 01/02/2018.]
[Unintelligible]
[032-171-w001]
[Duration: 15s]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Dead Air]
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- 372-038 3:25 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 4:20 pm.
- 372-039 4:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 374-001 4:20 PM · 13 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 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 374-002 4:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 374-003 4:40 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-043, October 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-043 (accessed October 9, 2026).