Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 6:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-87
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 6:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 407-16]
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Also recorded on January 23, 1973
- 407-010 5:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
- 407-011 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
- 407-016 6:19 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:19 pm.
- 407-017 6:19 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 407-018 6:22 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
- 036-088 6:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm.
- 036-089 6:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 036-090 6:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-087, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194609). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-087 (accessed November 1, 2026).