Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-009
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 12:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a scheduled meeting with Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange focused on coordinating logistics for the upcoming encounter in the Executive Office Building. No significant policy decisions were reached during this administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-9
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 12:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Charles W. Colson
-Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 028-055 12:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
- 028-056 12:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 353-006 12:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
- 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 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 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 353-010 12:40 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-009, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/353-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).