Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-081

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-081 on Tape 34StartThursday, December 14, 1972 at 3:25 PMEndThursday, December 14, 1972 at 3:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-081 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841766 ↗

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NARA Description

On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-81

Date: December 14, 1972
Time: 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 34-81 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 383-3]

       Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson

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Could I ask Mr. Coulson to come in, please?

Also recorded on December 14, 1972

  • 383-002 3:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 034-082 3:25 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 383-003 3:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
  • 383-004 3:25 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 383-005 3:25 PM · 20 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 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 383-006 3:29 PM · 2 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Arthur Krock, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John A. Scali, Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 6:01 pm.
  • 034-083 3:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur Krock talked on the telephone from 3:32 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 034-084 3:35 PM · 13 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 4:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-081, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841766). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-081 (accessed November 13, 2026).