Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-075

Nixon phone call with Colson on 1972 Election

Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 3:28 PM–3:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation033-075 on Tape 33StartWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 3:28 PMEndWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 3:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-075 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194367 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Charles Colson discussed the status of incoming 1972 election results ahead of the President's scheduled departure for Florida. They focused on obtaining the most recent presidential vote tallies, specifically highlighting the significance of late-reporting absentee ballots in key states. Colson committed to delivering an updated report of these figures to the President by 4:00 pm.

Audio

Download MP3 · 2.1 MB

NARA Description

On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-075 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-75

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: 3:28 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 388-12]

       President's schedule
             -[Florida trip]
                    -Departure

*****************************************************************

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       1972 election
            -Final results
                   -Report for the President
                   -Congressional races
                         -Lawrence M. Higby
                   -The President's election
                   -Latest figures
                         -Frequency
                         -Idaho
                         -Louisiana
                         -Michigan
                   -Absentee votes
                         -Support for the President
                         -Importance

*****************************************************************
                                               - 83 -

                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                                         Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).

Olsen, sir?
Yeah.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Oh, Chuck, with regard, I am going to be leaving at 4.45, right?
And I wondered if you would get the final updated figures and, you know, like the sheet that I've got of all the states.
Just on the presidential, or would you like the presidential?
Well, I think he's getting the others.
I don't know this.
Okay.
I just want to see the presidential updated figures.
The last figures I have are 138.
Is that what you're...
Here, I think that's right.
138, right.
By that time, they should have some more figures, don't you think?
I think we'll have some.
They've been coming every hour.
Most of them should begin to get all... Like you say, you've got...
Idaho, Louisiana, a little out in Michigan.
You've got absentees, which I had forgotten about in some states.
That's got to make quite a difference.
And the absentees have been running heavy for us.
I completely forgot that, but that's a big element in a number of the states.
We may have quite a few that will be straggling in over a week or two.
Ten days, but I will, yes, sir, I'll have the 4 o'clock figures before you go, sir.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 8, 1972

  • 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.
  • 033-078 3:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 388-013 3:30 PM · 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 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
  • 388-014 3:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
  • 388-015 3:30 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
  • 388-016 3:30 PM · 5 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 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm.

All 78 conversations from November 8, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-075, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194367). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-075 (accessed November 13, 2026).