Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-091

Colson & Holm on Bipartisan leadership meeting and Ronald L. Ziegler

Friday, January 5, 1973 · 12:02 PM–12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec

ParticipantsColson, Charles W.; White House operator; Holm, HollyConversation035-091 on Tape 35StartFriday, January 5, 1973 at 12:02 PMEndFriday, January 5, 1973 at 12:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-091 ↗

AI Summary

Charles W. Colson contacted his office and Holly Holm to secure transcripts of the President's remarks and Ronald Ziegler's press briefing regarding a bipartisan leadership meeting. Additionally, he instructed Holm to relay authorization to John A. Scali concerning the handling of CIA reports. This directive emphasized that Scali had a "green light" to proceed with his proposal while maintaining strict discretion.

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NARA Description

On January 5, 1973, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-091 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-91

Date: January 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 394-3A]

       Request for a call Colson's office

Colson talked with Holly Holm at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm.

       Colson's instructions
            -Transcript of the President's remarks to bipartisan leadership meeting
            -Ronald L. Ziegler's briefing transcript
            -Instructions for John A. Scali regarding Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] reports
                   -White House approval
                   -Discretion
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Mr. Carlson, could I have my office, please?
Surely.
Thanks.
Mr. Carlson's office.
Callie?
Yes, sir.
I need for you to get for me as soon as possible a transcript of the President's remarks this morning before the bipartisan leaders.
Should I mention the press office, sir?
I don't know how you do that, but get it.
Okay.
Secondly, Ziegler's briefing transcript following the bipartisan leaders.
I must have.
Okay.
Thirdly, call John Scali, reach him, and say that
complete green light from in here to do what he proposed to do on the cia reports and do it discreetly tell him but he has a green light okay all right fine

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  • 035-093 12:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 394-003 12:02 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Holly Holm, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 394-004 12:02 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 394-005 12:02 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:36 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-091, January 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-091 (accessed November 2, 2026).