Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 214 › Conversation 214-001
Nixon phone call with Colson on 1972 Presidential Campaign
Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 1:35 PM–2:05 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire ·13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson met at Camp David to discuss political strategy and administrative coordination ahead of the 1972 election. The dialogue focused on managing campaign messaging and addressing specific political liabilities facing the administration. While the available recording is incomplete, the discussion underscores the ongoing efforts by the President and his special counsel to exert control over executive branch operations during the final stretch of the campaign.
- 1972 Presidential Campaign
- Political Strategy
- Administrative Management
- Executive Branch Coordination
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NARA Description
On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:35 pm to 2:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 214-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 214-1 Date: September 30, 1972 Time: 1:35 pm - 2:05 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [This recording began while the conversation was in progress.] [See Conversation No. 145-1; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
Also recorded on September 30, 1972
- 180-001 1:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
- 180-002 1:05 PM · 11 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
- 180-003 1:05 PM · 22 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Nelson Pierce talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
- 180-004 1:05 PM · 12 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972 and 9:22 am on October 3, 1972.
- 145-001 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 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.
- 214-002 2:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 214-001, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/214-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).