Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-069
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Friday, October 27, 1972 · 9:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson. The President requested that Colson report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. This directive initiated a subsequent discussion between the two men.
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NARA Description
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-069 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-069
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 9:52 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 374-13]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson
-Executive Office building [EOB]Also recorded on October 27, 1972
- 374-012 9:50 AM · 16 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 9:50 am and 9:52 am.
- 032-070 9:52 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 am.
- 032-071 9:52 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 9:52 am to 9:54 am.
- 374-013 9:52 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:52 am.
- 374-014 9:52 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:52 am.
- 374-015 9:52 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:52 am to 9:54 am.
- 032-072 9:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am.
- 374-016 9:55 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 11:08 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-069, 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/032-069 (accessed October 9, 2026).