Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 133 › Conversation 133-001
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 8:18 PM–11:49 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to initiate a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to connect the President with his advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief bridge segment.
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NARA Description
On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 11:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 133-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 133-1
Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:18 and 11:49 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 193-3]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 12/05/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[133-001-w002]
[Duration: 2s]
[No conversation present]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/05/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[133-001-w001]
[Duration: 41s]
Telephone call to Charles W. Colson
*****************************************************************Also recorded on June 7, 1972
- 193-003 8:18 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 11:49 pm.
- 025-003 11:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 pm and 11:38 pm.
- 025-004 11:38 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:38 pm.
- 025-005 11:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:46 pm and 11:49 pm.
- 133-002 11:49 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972 and 12:57 am on June 7, 1972.
- 193-004 11:49 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972 and 12:57 am on June 7, 1972.
- 133-003 1:10 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:10 am to 1:34 am.
- 193-005 1:10 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:10 am to 1:34 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 133-001, June 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/133-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).