Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 351 › Conversation 351-007
Nixon, Colson & Sanchez on Public Relations and Press Relations
Thursday, July 27, 1972 · 4:42 PM–4:46 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson to discuss the administration's public relations strategy regarding a specific news story involving Kenneth W. Clawson and John A. Scali. The President instructed Colson to investigate the details of this story to preempt potential complications. Manolo Sanchez joined the meeting briefly at its conclusion as the President managed his scheduling obligations.
- Public Relations
- Press Relations
- Kenneth W. Clawson
- John A. Scali
- Media Strategy
Audio
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NARA Description
On July 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:42 pm to 4:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 351-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 351-7
Date: July 27, 1972
Time: 4:42 pm - 4:46 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
The President's schedule
-The President's meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with Colson
-Subject of discussion
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-John A. Scali
-News story
-Meeting with Herbert G. Klein's staff
-Place
Colson left and Manolo Sanchez entered at 4:45 pm.
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[Duration: 42s ]
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Sanchez left at 4:46 pmAlso recorded on July 27, 1972
- 351-004 2:12 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 755-001 3:03 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Herbert G. Klein, Peter Lisagor, Robert D. Novak, Sarah McLendon, Helen A. Thomas, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Morgan Wilson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 4:36 pm.
- 028-004 4:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 4:39 pm.
- 351-006 4:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:42 pm.
- 028-005 4:39 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:39 pm to 4:40 pm.
- 028-006 4:40 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:40 pm on July 27, 1972 and 8:33 am on July 28, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 351-008 4:46 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:46 pm to 4:56 pm.
- 351-009 4:57 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson, John A. Scali, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:57 pm to 5:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 351-007, July 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/351-007 (accessed October 1, 2026).