Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-014

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

Wednesday, July 19, 1972 · 9:00 PM–9:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-014 on Tape 27StartWednesday, July 19, 1972 at 9:00 PMEndWednesday, July 19, 1972 at 9:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his advisor. The call highlights the President's reliance on the operator to manage his immediate outreach during evening hours.

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NARA Description

On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-14

Date: July 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 348-12]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on July 20, 1972

  • 348-011 9:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 348-012 9:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 027-015 9:03 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm.
  • 348-013 9:03 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm.
  • 348-014 9:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:26 pm and 9:45 pm.
  • 348-015 9:45 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm.
  • 348-016 10:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 pm and 10:58 pm.
  • 748-001 9:33 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:33 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-014, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-014 (accessed September 22, 2026).