Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-037

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

Wednesday, February 7, 1973 · 12:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-037 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 7, 1973 at 12:41 PMEndWednesday, February 7, 1973 at 12:41 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate an immediate, in-person consultation between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short communication.

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Would you see if Mr. Coulson could come to UB, please?
Yes, I will, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On February 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-37
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 43-37 (cont’d)

Date: February 7, 1973
Time: 12:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for Charles W. Colson
            -Old Executive Office Building office

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  • 852-011 12:29 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, E. Pendleton James, Julie James, and Rob James met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 852-012 12:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House photographer, W. Richard Howard, Patrick E. O'Donnell, and Mrs. Patrick E. O'Donnell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 12:36 pm.
  • 852-013 12:36 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:40 pm.
  • 852-020 12:40 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 043-039 12:45 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, unknown person(s), and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-037, February 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-037 (accessed October 1, 2026).