Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-112

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

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 10:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-112 on Tape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 10:44 AMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 10:44 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-112 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with his Special Counsel, Charles W. Colson. The President directs that the meeting take place at the Executive Office Building (EOB). No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

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Would you ask Mr. Coulson to come to EOB, please?

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-112 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-112

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 10:44 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 379-12]

        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 1, 1972

032-113 10:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 10:45 am.
379-012 10:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:44 am.
379-013 10:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:44 am and 10:45 am.
032-114 10:45 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:46 am.
379-014 10:45 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. Scali met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:45 am to 10:46 am.
032-115 10:46 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
032-116 10:46 AM · 52 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.
032-117 10:46 AM · 18 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-112, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-112 (accessed October 12, 2026).