Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-070
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 2:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to the Oval Office. The conversation is a brief, functional exchange focused solely on facilitating this administrative meeting. No further policy or strategic details are discussed during the brief call.
- Charles W. Colson
- Oval Office
- White House operations
- Staff scheduling
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NARA Description
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-70
Date: November 8, 1972
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 388-6]
Request for a meeting with Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 8, 1972
- 388-006 2:00 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 2:00 pm.
- 388-007 2:00 PM · 35 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 2:00 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 388-008 2:05 PM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Robert H. Finch, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 033-071 2:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 2:18 pm.
- 033-072 2:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:35 pm.
- 033-073 3:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward R. G. Heath talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 033-074 3:11 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 388-009 3:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-070, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-070 (accessed September 28, 2026).