Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-009
Nixon, Colson & Buchanan on 1972 Presidential Campaign and Youth Outreach
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:35 PM–2:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 51 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson and Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss political strategy and administrative coordination during the 1972 reelection campaign. The participants reviewed Colson’s recent interactions with political analyst Richard M. Scammon and analyzed the President’s earlier meeting with youth representatives from the Committee for the Reelection of the President. The dialogue focused on campaign outreach efforts and assessments of the current political landscape.
- 1972 Presidential Campaign
- Committee for the Reelection of the President
- Youth Outreach
- Political Strategy
- Richard M. Scammon
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NARA Description
On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 2:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 362-9
Date: August 4, 1972
Time: 2:35 pm - 2:58 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
Meeting with Patrick J. Buchanan
Colson’s previous conversation with Richard M. Scammon
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 44s ]
Buchanan entered at 2:36 pm.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President's previous meeting with Kenneth S. Rietz and youth group
representatives of the Committee for the Reelection of the President
-The President’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Colson and Buchanan left at 2:58 pm.Also recorded on August 4, 1972
- 029-023 2:32 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 362-006 2:32 PM · 17 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 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 029-024 2:34 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 362-008 2:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 029-025 2:35 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 029-026 2:35 PM · 28 sec — Charles W. Colson and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 029-027 2:35 PM · 22 sec — Patrick J. Buchanan and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 029-028 2:35 PM · 1 min — Patrick J. Buchanan and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 362-009, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).