Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 345 › Conversation 345-006
Nixon & Colson on White House strategy and Administrative oversight
Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 9:44 PM–10:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with special counsel Charles W. Colson in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss political strategy and sensitive administrative matters. While the transcript remains unavailable for this segment, the meeting served as a direct consultation between the President and a key advisor regarding the management of ongoing White House initiatives. The discussion concluded abruptly, leaving no documented record of specific directives or final outcomes from the session.
- White House strategy
- Charles W. Colson
- Administrative oversight
- Political consulting
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:08:52 into the tape and ends around 00:13:59.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 345-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 345-6 Date: June 27, 1972 Time: 9:44-10:20 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 26-22; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation.] This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:20 pm.
Also recorded on June 28, 1972
- 026-020 9:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:06 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 345-002 9:06 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:06 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 026-021 9:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-003 9:10 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-004 9:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-005 9:10 PM · 31 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 026-022 9:44 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 026-023 10:20 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 345-006, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/345-006 (accessed September 30, 2026).