Conversation 040-001

TapeTape 40StartSunday, June 10, 1973 at 10:07 PMEndSunday, June 10, 1973 at 10:39 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to former special counsel Charles W. Colson. This communication served as a brief administrative request to initiate a conversation with a key political advisor. No further details regarding the substance of the intended discussion are available.

Charles W. ColsonWhite House communicationsPolitical advisingAdministrative request

On June 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 pm and 10:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 40-1

Date: June 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:07 pm and 10:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for telephone call
          Charles W. Colson

No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.