Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-079

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Saturday, October 28, 1972 · 9:22 PM–9:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-079 on Tape 32StartSaturday, October 28, 1972 at 9:22 PMEndSaturday, October 28, 1972 at 9:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-079 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the White House operator to reach special counsel Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as an administrative effort to establish direct contact with a key advisor for an unspecified discussion. No further dialogue occurs beyond the initial connection request.

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Coulson, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:22 pm and 9:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-079

Date: October 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:22 pm and 9:34 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 29, 1972

  • 032-080 9:34 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:34 pm to 9:53 pm.
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  • 377-002 7:26 AM · 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-003 7:26 AM · 39 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-004 7:26 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-005 7:26 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-006 7:26 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-079, October 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-079 (accessed October 12, 2026).