Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 233 › Conversation 233-007
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Legal Strategy
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 10:34 PM–11:05 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Charles Colson regarding ongoing legal strategy and public messaging tactics concerning a judge. The conversation focused on interpreting specific points raised during judicial proceedings to influence the narrative surrounding the administration's legal challenges. The exchange served to coordinate legal arguments and political posturing in response to the judge's inquiries.
- Legal Strategy
- Charles Colson
- Judicial Proceedings
- Public Relations
- White House Counsel
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 10:34 pm on December 5, 1972 and 11:05 am on December 6, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 233-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 233-007
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:34 pm, December 5, 1972 and 11:05 am, December 6, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President dictated a memorandum.
[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 233-5]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Telephone call to Charles W. Colson
December 24, 1972 [?]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on December 6, 1972
- 157-002 9:31 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. ("Jack") Schmitt talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:31 pm to 9:39 pm.
- 157-003 9:39 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm.
- 233-002 9:39 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm.
- 233-003 9:39 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm.
- 233-004 9:39 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 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm.
- 233-005 9:39 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm.
- 157-004 10:05 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:05 pm to 10:34 pm.
- 233-006 10:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:05 pm to 10:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 233-007, December 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/233-007 (accessed October 10, 2026).