Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 6:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a communication connection. The primary purpose of this brief call was to request the placement of a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-87
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 6:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 407-16]
Request for Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on January 23, 1973
- 407-010 5:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
- 407-011 5:29 PM · 2 min — 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 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
- 407-016 6:19 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:19 pm.
- 407-017 6:19 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 407-018 6:22 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
- 036-088 6:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm.
- 036-089 6:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 036-090 6:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-087, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-087 (accessed September 18, 2026).