President Nixon held a brief one-minute meeting with Charles W. Colson to address urgent administrative matters. While the lack of a transcript obscures the specific substance of the dialogue, the encounter reflects the ongoing private consultations between Nixon and his special counsel during the post-Watergate break-in period. No significant policy decisions were documented during this short exchange.
On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-41
Date: June 26, 1972
(rev. Jan-02)
Time: 2:23-2:24 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 26-10]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.