Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-064
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 11:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This administrative interaction highlights the President's late-night efforts to reach his Special Counsel. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-064 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-064
Date: October 26, 1972
Time: 11:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. Colson.Also recorded on October 27, 1972
- 032-062 11:37 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 pm and 11:44 pm.
- 032-063 11:44 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:44 pm to 11:53 pm.
- 032-065 11:53 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:53 pm on October 26, 1972 to 12:21 am on October 27, 1972.
- 374-004 8:08 AM · 20 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 8:08 am and 8:30 am.
- 374-005 8:08 AM · 2 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 8:08 am and 8:30 am.
- 374-006 8:30 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:30 am to 8:45 am.
- 032-066 8:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
- 374-007 8:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-064, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-064 (accessed October 12, 2026).