President Nixon met with special counsel Charles W. Colson at Camp David to discuss sensitive administrative or political matters. Given the withdrawal of an item from the official record, the discussion likely touched upon confidential strategy or personnel issues pertinent to the 1972 re-election campaign. The brief nature of the interaction suggests a targeted consultation rather than a wide-ranging policy review.
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 AidConversation 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 [See Conversation No. 145-7; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.