Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-141
Nixon, Colson & Howard on Political coordination
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 10:55 AM–11:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 45 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson confer via telephone to coordinate communications with W. Richard Howard. The discussion centers on logistics and the facilitation of outreach to Howard, involving White House operators and staff members to manage the call flow. The primary objective is the execution of these specific external contacts as part of the administration's ongoing agenda.
- Charles W. Colson
- W. Richard Howard
- White House communications
- Political coordination
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-141 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-141
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:22 am
Location: White House Telephone
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 376-26C]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Request for a call to Colson's office.
Colson conferred with the President at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:22 am
[End of conferral]
Colson talked with Holly Holm at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:22 am.
Call to W. Richard (“Dick") Howard
Colson conferred with the President at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:22 am.
Colson talked with Richard Howard at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:22 am.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/24/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-141-w001]
[Duration: 14s]
1972 campaign
-Albert Sindlinger
-Call from Howard
-Moving average
-Return call
******************************************************************************Also recorded on November 2, 1972
- 032-136 10:49 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:49 am.
- 032-137 10:49 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
- 032-138 10:49 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
- 376-021 10:49 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 10:49 am.
- 376-022 10:49 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
- 032-139 10:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.
- 376-026 10:50 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Holly Holm, W. Richard Howard, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:50 am to 11:22 am.
- 032-140 10:55 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-141, 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/032-141 (accessed October 10, 2026).