Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 214 › Conversation 214-005
Nixon phone call with Colson on political advertising and California
Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 2:51 PM–2:59 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson discussed the placement and frequency of political advertisements, specifically suggesting increased saturation in California and potentially running ads after Hubert Humphrey's next appearance. Colson confirmed he passed the information to Holden, who is managing the ad placements.
- political advertising
- California
- media strategy
- Hubert Humphrey
- campaign ads
Audio
This clip of the conversation was cut from the tape by the National Archives (catalog record ↗).
NARA Description
On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 214-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 214-5 Date: September 30, 1972 Time: 2:51 pm - 2:59 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 145-7; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
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Also recorded on September 30, 1972
- 145-002 2:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:32 pm.
- 145-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 214-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 145-004 2:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 145-005 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 214-004 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 145-006 2:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 145-007 2:51 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 214-005, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 651228588). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/214-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).