Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-064

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

Monday, April 30, 1973 · 11:23 PM–11:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-064 on Tape 45StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:23 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-064 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The exchange served strictly as a logistical request for the operator to facilitate communication between the President and his former special counsel. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief connection.

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Call some place.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 pm and 11:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-64

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:23 pm and 11:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for telephone call
          -Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 045-060 11:13 PM · 2 min — Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 pm and 11:14 pm.
  • 045-061 11:14 PM · 1 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and Anne L. Armstrong talked on the telephone from 11:14 pm to 11:15 pm.
  • 045-062 11:15 PM · 3 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:15 pm to 11:18 pm.
  • 045-063 11:21 PM · 55 sec — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Claude S. Brinegar talked on the telephone from 11:21 pm to 11:23 pm.
  • 045-065 11:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:28 pm.
  • 045-066 11:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.
  • 045-067 11:30 PM · 14 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:30 pm.
  • 045-068 11:36 PM · 41 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:36 pm to 11:37 pm.

All 181 conversations from May 1, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-064, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-064 (accessed October 5, 2026).