Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-014
Nixon, Colson & Butterfield on John B. Connally and Political strategy
Monday, August 7, 1972 · 5:22 PM–6:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson to review materials and discuss John B. Connally’s recent schedule and activities. The conversation touched upon political optics and the momentum of ongoing initiatives. Alexander P. Butterfield briefly joined the meeting toward its conclusion before the participants departed.
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NARA Description
On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 362-14
Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:22 pm and 6:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
Greetings
The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield between 5:23 pm and 5:24 pm.
[Conversation No. 362-14A]
[See Conversation No. 29-36]
[End of telephone conversation]
Materials for the President
Colson’s previous meeting with John B. Connally
-Connally’s schedule
[No conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 47m 37s ]
Butterfield entered at 6:18 pm.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Colson left at 6:20 pm.
The President and Butterfield left at 6:23 pm.Also recorded on August 7, 1972
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- 029-035 4:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:23 pm.
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- 029-037 5:24 PM · 10 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 7:50 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 362-014, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-014 (accessed October 1, 2026).