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
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to facilitate an immediate meeting with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction serves as a directive to bring a key staff member into the Oval Office for consultation. The primary objective is to establish direct communication with Colson to address ongoing administrative or political business.
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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. ColsonAlso 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-081, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-081 (accessed September 28, 2026).