Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-054

Colson phone call on Staff communication and Administrative logistics

Thursday, February 8, 1973 · 1:50 PM–2:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsColson, Charles W.; White House operatorConversation043-054 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 8, 1973 at 1:50 PMEndThursday, February 8, 1973 at 2:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-054 ↗

AI Summary

Charles W. Colson contacts the White House operator to request a connection to his staff. This brief administrative exchange serves as a routine coordination effort for Colson to communicate with his office. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occur during this brief interaction.

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This is Mr. Coulson.
Could I have my office, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On February 8, 1973, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-54

Date: February 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 409-20A]

       Request for a call to his staff
                                             -29-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                               Conversation No. 43-55 (cont’d)

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  • 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.
  • 043-053 1:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 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.
  • 043-055 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-054, 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/043-054 (accessed October 1, 2026).