Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-048

Colson phone call on Personal affairs and White House operator

Monday, January 1, 1973 · 11:20 AM–12:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsColson, Charles W.; White House operatorConversation035-048 on Tape 35StartMonday, January 1, 1973 at 11:20 AMEndMonday, January 1, 1973 at 12:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-048 ↗

AI Summary

Charles W. Colson contacts the White House operator to request assistance in communicating his current location to his wife, Patricia Ann Colson. The brief exchange serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate personal communication while Colson is occupied at the White House. No policy matters or substantive political issues are discussed during this call.

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Hi, would you just let my wife know where I am?

I think she probably has been trying to reach me in my office.

All right, sir.

Thanks.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 1, 1973, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-48

Date: January 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:20 am and 12:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

       Request that Patricia Ann (Hughes) Colson be told Charles Colson’s location.

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829-016 11:14 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 11:16 am.
392-010 11:17 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:17 am.
392-011 11:17 AM · 11 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 11:17 am and 11:20 am.
392-012 11:17 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:20 am.
392-013 11:17 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:20 am.
035-047 11:20 AM · 2 min — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:38 pm.
392-014 11:20 AM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 1:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-048, 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/035-048 (accessed October 12, 2026).