Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-039

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

Sunday, December 31, 1972 · 6:51 PM–7:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-039 on Tape 35StartSunday, December 31, 1972 at 6:51 PMEndSunday, December 31, 1972 at 7:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as a request to connect with his special counsel. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Colson, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:51 pm and 7:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-39

Date: December 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 7:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on December 31, 1972

  • 238-024 7:39 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 7:39 pm on December 30, 1972 and 12:00 am on December 31, 1972.
  • 237-043 9:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:53 pm.
  • 159-001 9:55 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:17 am.
  • 238-025 9:55 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:17 am.
  • 159-002 11:17 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:17 am to 11:47 am.
  • 238-026 11:17 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:17 am to 11:47 am.
  • 238-027 11:47 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 12:00 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-039, December 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-039 (accessed October 10, 2026).