Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-053

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

Thursday, February 8, 1973 · 1:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-053 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 8, 1973 at 1:49 PMEndThursday, February 8, 1973 at 1:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-053 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194819 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-53

Date: February 8, 1973
Time: 1:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 409-19]

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

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Please.
Operator, could you ask Mr. Colson to come to the UOB office?
After lunch, don't bother him.
All right.
Thank you.

Also recorded on February 8, 1973

  • 853-013 1:19 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 853-014 1:21 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John L. Campbell, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Jane Campbell, Charles J. DiBona, George P. Shultz, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 2:33 pm.
  • 409-018 1:28 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm.
  • 409-021 1:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm.
  • 409-019 1:49 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:49 pm.
  • 043-054 1:50 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 043-055 1:50 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 409-020 1:50 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and W. Richard Howard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 2:15 pm.

All 26 conversations from February 8, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-053, February 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194819). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-053 (accessed November 15, 2026).