Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-126

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Communication management

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 7:38 PM–7:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-126 on Tape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 7:38 PMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 7:42 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-126 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to manage outgoing communications with political associates Thomas A. Pappas and Charles W. Colson. After the operator reported that Pappas was unavailable, Nixon requested a follow-up attempt for that call in thirty minutes. He then directed the operator to immediately connect him with Colson instead.

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Hello.
Mr. Pappas doesn't answer.
May I keep trying later for you and have him call?
Yes, you can have him call.
All right, sir.
And try it in about a half hour.
Try Mr. Colson now, please.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:38 pm and 7:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-126 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-126

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:38 pm and 7:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

        Call to Thomas A. Pappas
             -Return call

        Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

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  • 032-127 7:42 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 8:08 pm.
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  • 376-003 8:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 376-004 8:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 376-005 8:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
  • 032-128 9:13 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm.
  • 376-006 9:13 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-126, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-126 (accessed October 24, 2026).