Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-120
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 12:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 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 administrative request facilitated a direct, immediate consultation between Nixon and his Special Counsel.
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-120
Date: November 1, 1972
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Time: 12:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 379-18]
Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson
-Executive Office BuildingAlso recorded on November 1, 1972
- 032-119 11:17 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:17 am.
- 379-017 11:20 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 11:45 am.
- 379-018 12:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:25 pm.
- 379-019 12:26 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:26 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 391-001 12:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 391-002 12:40 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 391-003 12:40 PM · 11 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 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 391-004 12:40 PM · 10 sec — 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 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-120, 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/032-120 (accessed October 5, 2026).