Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-079

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

Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 8:35 AM–8:46 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-079 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 4, 1973 at 8:35 AMEndThursday, January 4, 1973 at 8:46 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-079 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a directive to initiate a conversation with his special counsel. The exchange focused exclusively on the logistical request to reach Colson.

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NARA Description

On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-79

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:46 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 833-3]

       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on January 4, 1973

  • 833-001 8:35 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:46 am.
  • 833-002 8:35 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:46 am.
  • 833-003 8:35 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:46 am.
  • 035-080 8:46 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:46 am to 8:50 am.
  • 833-004 8:46 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 8:50 am.
  • 035-081 8:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 8:53 am.
  • 833-005 8:50 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 8:53 am.
  • 833-006 8:50 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 8:53 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-079, January 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-079 (accessed October 12, 2026).