Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-045

Nixon phone call with Colson on George Allen and White House tours

Sunday, December 31, 1972 · 8:00 PM–8:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation035-045 on Tape 35StartSunday, December 31, 1972 at 8:00 PMEndSunday, December 31, 1972 at 8:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-045 ↗

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President Nixon and Charles W. Colson coordinated a New Year's Day White House tour for Washington Redskins coach George Allen and his in-laws. They discussed extending invitations to specific players, including Jack Pardee, Billy Kilmer, and Larry Brown, to demonstrate appreciation for Allen's leadership and the team's public support for the administration. Nixon directed Colson to facilitate the visit and provide the coach with flexibility in selecting additional players to accompany his family.

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Well, he just got home.
I just got him, and he got home.
His in-laws from Tunisia are just hurrying in and seeing the game, so I invited them all over the White House at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
He's going to bring them in and get in for a White House tour and everything.
Do you want me to set that up, or is that...?
Yeah, you can.
Why not?
Sure.
Just say that George Allen's going to come in with his family tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Let me get to...
The other one that you might invite just of the team would be Pardee.
He's a hell of a guy.
Invite Jack Pardee to come over, too.
Jack Pardee.
All right.
We'll get to one of the military aides.
Maybe Pardee and Kilmer.
Kilmer's available.
Okay.
Yes, sir.
We'll do it.
That's good.
He was upbeat, I gather.
Oh, Christ.
Are you kidding?
Yeah.
I just loved it because, you know, he did for that team what you've done for us.
I mean, he gave them... Yeah, but it was all himself.
You know, he just put all that enthusiasm in it.
You ought to check with him to see, say that I thought if he'd want to bring some players, he could bring them, but he might want to bring others as well.
You know what I mean?
They can bring anybody he wants.
I said he'd let it...
Let him say if he'd like some others.
Yeah, I might say that Pardee, and I thought since he'd been here before, and maybe Kilmer, maybe Brown, but he may want to pick guys that he thinks really mean something to and that are on our side.
Okay?
Yeah, I'll do it.
I'll take care of it right now.
Good.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-045 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-45

Date: December 31, 1972
Time: 8:00 pm and 8:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

       The President’s recent conversation with George E. Allen
            -Allen's in-laws (Mr. and Mrs. Felix Lumbrosso)
                  -Tunisia
                  -White House tour
                  -Colson’s role
                  -Jack Pardee
                  -Military aide
                  -Billy Kilmer
                  -Allen’s accomplishments
                         -Compared to the President’s
                  -Colson’s forthcoming telephone call to Allen
                         -Pardee
                               -Meeting with the President, October 18, 1971
                         -Kilmer
                         -Larry Brown
                         -Support for the President

Also recorded on January 1, 1973

  • 035-040 7:34 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:34 pm to 7:44 pm.
  • 035-041 7:45 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:45 pm to 7:55 pm.
  • 035-042 7:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 7:56 pm.
  • 035-043 7:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 7:57 pm.
  • 035-044 7:57 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:57 pm and 8:00 pm.
  • 035-046 8:10 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 pm.
  • 829-001 7:32 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:32 am and 9:25 am.
  • 829-002 7:32 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:32 am and 9:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-045, January 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-045 (accessed October 10, 2026).