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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-168 on Tape 32StartFriday, November 3, 1972 at 9:46 AMEndFriday, November 3, 1972 at 9:46 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-168 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194225 ↗

A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

Conversation No. 032-168
Date: November 3, 1972
Time: 9:46 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 391-30]

        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson

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May I ask Mr. Colson to step in, please?
Yes, sir.
  • 032-165 9:42 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:42 am and 9:44 am.
  • 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.

Conversation 032-168, November 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194225). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-168 (accessed November 13, 2026).