Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Sunday, December 10, 1972 · 9:50 AM–9:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-027 on Tape 34StartSunday, December 10, 1972 at 9:50 AMEndSunday, December 10, 1972 at 9:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication serves purely as an administrative instruction to establish contact with his aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this exchange.

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Please.
Mr. Coulson, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On December 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-27

Date: December 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 384-2]

       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on December 10, 1972

  • 236-001 7:30 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Helene (Colesie) Drown met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:30 am.
  • 384-001 9:50 AM · 15 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 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
  • 384-002 9:50 AM · 11 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 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
  • 034-028 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
  • 384-003 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
  • 384-004 10:01 AM · 3 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:01 am to 1:12 pm.
  • 034-029 11:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 034-030 12:04 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-027, December 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-027 (accessed September 28, 2026).