Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 150 › Conversation 150-001
Nixon phone call with Colson on Drug abuse and Public relations
Sunday, October 15, 1972 · 5:20 PM–8:28 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 50 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson reviewed the media reception of the President's recent address on drug abuse. Colson reassured Nixon that wire service reports were favorable, characterizing the speech as projecting a necessary hard-line stance against crime. Despite Colson’s positive assessment, Nixon expressed personal frustration and self-doubt regarding his performance during the delivery of the speech.
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NARA Description
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 150-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 150-1
Date: October 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Charles W. Colson. This recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.
[See Conversation No. 221-1]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 5s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Press reports
-Wire services
-The President's speech of October 15, 1972 on drug abuse
-Colson’s view
-The President’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 56s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
*****************************************************************Also recorded on October 15, 1972
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- 149-013 11:24 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 12:00 pm.
- 149-014 12:00 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:00 pm to 12:14 pm.
- 220-018 12:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:00 pm to 12:14 pm.
- 220-019 12:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 7:53 pm.
- 220-020 12:14 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 7:53 pm.
- 221-001 5:20 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 150-001, October 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/150-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).