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
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson and request his presence at the Old Executive Office Building. The President specifically requested that Colson not be disturbed during his lunch hour. This brief exchange served to coordinate a subsequent meeting between the two men.
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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 officeAlso 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-053, February 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-053 (accessed October 1, 2026).