Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-138

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

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:43 PM–9:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-138 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:43 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-138 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194711 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:43 pm and 9:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-138 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-138

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:43 pm and 9:55 pm
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 36-138 (cont’d)

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 406-50]

       Request for a telephone call to Charles W. Colson

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Please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on January 30, 1973

  • 036-135 9:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:40 pm to 9:41 pm.
  • 406-047 9:40 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 pm to 9:41 pm.
  • 036-136 9:41 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm.
  • 406-048 9:41 PM · 10 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 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm.
  • 036-137 9:42 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm.
  • 406-049 9:42 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm.
  • 406-050 9:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:43 pm to 9:55 pm.
  • 036-139 9:55 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:55 pm to 9:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-138, January 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194711). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-138 (accessed November 2, 2026).