Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-168
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Friday, November 3, 1972 · 9:46 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as an administrative directive to bring Colson into the Oval Office. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this short coordination call.
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-168 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-168
Date: November 3, 1972
Time: 9:46 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[See Conversation No. 391-30]
Request for a meeting with Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 3, 1972
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- 391-027 9:42 AM · 10 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 9:42 am and 9:44 am.
- 032-166 9:44 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
- 391-028 9:44 AM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
- 032-167 9:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am.
- 391-029 9:45 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:45 am.
- 391-031 9:45 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Jack R. Miller, and William L. Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:13 am.
- 391-030 9:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:46 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-168, November 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-168 (accessed September 28, 2026).