Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-084

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 1:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-084 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 1:53 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 1:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-084 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a directive regarding Charles W. Colson. He requested that Colson report to him immediately upon returning from his lunch break. This instruction ensured that the President could speak with his special counsel as soon as he became available.

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Yes, Mr. President.
When Mr. Coulson, if he gets back from lunch, step in a minute, will you please?
I surely will, sir.

NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-084 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-84

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 1:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 404-24]

       Request for Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 404-018 1:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 404-019 1:46 PM · 22 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 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 404-020 1:46 PM · 8 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 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 404-021 1:46 PM · 20 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 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 404-022 1:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 404-024 1:53 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:53 pm.
  • 404-025 1:53 PM · 12 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 1:53 pm and 1:59 pm.
  • 404-026 1:59 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:59 pm to 2:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-084, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-084 (accessed October 9, 2026).