Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 20 › Conversation 020-134

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

Wednesday, March 1, 1972 · 8:12 AM–8:50 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation020-134 onTape 20 (tape position 04:30:13–04:30:19)StartWednesday, March 1, 1972 at 8:12 AMEndWednesday, March 1, 1972 at 8:50 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-134 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Charles W. Colson. The call served as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief exchange.

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Call some police.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-134 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-134

Date: March 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:12 am and 8:50 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 676-8]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on March 1, 1972

  • 676-001 8:12 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:32 am.
  • 676-002 8:12 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:32 am.
  • 676-003 8:32 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:32 am to 8:33 am.
  • 676-004 8:33 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:33 am and 8:40 am.
  • 676-005 8:33 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:33 am and 8:40 am.
  • 676-006 8:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:40 am to 8:43 am.
  • 676-007 8:43 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 8:50 am.
  • 676-008 8:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 8:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-134, March 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-134 (accessed September 18, 2026).