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Nixon & Colson on IAEA and Government operations

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 10:00 AM–10:05 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation330-012 on Tape 330 (tape position 00:52:17–00:56:23)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 10:00 AMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-012 ↗

President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss administrative decisions regarding the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the status of ongoing organizational operations. The participants briefly coordinate upcoming scheduling logistics and assess the timing for future proceedings. The conversation highlights the administration's focus on maintaining control over specific policy agendas and agency activities.

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On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:00 am to 10:05 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 330-12

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: 10:00 am - 10:05 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 22-84; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation.]

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to the effect that the Republicans are deciding not to close the IAEA, and so forth, and the IAEA is back.
Okay, is that the decision?
Ah, shit.
Yeah, well, I got one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Got it.
Got it.
All right, guys.
I'm going to go on the left bottom.
All right, guys.
I'm going to be worried about this .
I saw that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
... ... ... ... ...
well that's the kind of thing we don't have anything of a serious Republican effect we don't have anything of a Republican effect we don't have anything of a Republican effect but nevertheless it's very important
Okay.
Anyway, that's the deal.
Well, anyway, I just want to ask you this one question.
And then tomorrow, I suppose, if they do decide to go on, when do they go on?
The following Tuesday, again?
Yeah.
When do they go on?
Yeah.
Who's their next person?
Who's up next?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I wanted to get this one thing out there.
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  • 022-082 9:57 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
  • 330-009 9:57 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
  • 330-010 9:58 AM · 11 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 9:58 am and 10:00 am.
  • 330-011 9:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:00 am.
  • 022-083 9:59 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:59 am.
  • 022-084 10:00 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 10:00 am to 10:05 am.

Conversation 330-012, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-012 (accessed November 15, 2026).