Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-074
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 3:11 PM–3:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate communication between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters or further discussions were recorded during this connection.
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NARA Description
On November 8, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-74
Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 388-11]
Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)Also recorded on November 8, 1972
- 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.
- 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.
- 388-010 3:11 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 388-011 3:11 PM · 6 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 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 033-075 3:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 388-012 3:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:28 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 033-076 3:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
- 033-077 3:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-074, 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/033-074 (accessed October 12, 2026).