Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-057
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 2:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate two administrative actions during his workday. He requested that Special Counsel Charles W. Colson report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. Additionally, he directed the operator to connect him via telephone with William E. Timmons, the assistant to the president for legislative affairs.
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NARA Description
On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-57
Date: January 2, 1973
Time: 2:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Request for a telephone call to William E. TimmonsAlso recorded on January 2, 1973
- 393-001 2:45 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:33 pm.
- 035-058 2:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 2:49 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 035-059 2:51 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 035-060 3:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:03 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 035-061 3:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 035-062 3:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 035-063 3:11 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:12 pm.
- 035-064 3:12 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-057, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-057 (accessed October 2, 2026).