Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-041
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 3:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to his office. The call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-41
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 3:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 400-8]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 36-40 (cont’d)
Request for Charles W. Colson
-Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on January 22, 1973
- 400-007 3:15 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:39 pm.
- 400-008 3:39 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 3:39 pm.
- 400-009 3:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:39 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 400-010 3:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:39 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 400-011 3:40 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:05 pm.
- 036-042 4:05 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
- 036-043 4:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:13 pm.
- 036-044 4:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:13 pm to 4:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-041, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-041 (accessed September 22, 2026).