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Nixon & Colson on Presidential Election and White House Administration

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 12:25 PM–12:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 33 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation389-022 on Tape 389StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 12:25 PMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 12:26 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 389-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson for a brief, one-minute discussion in the Old Executive Office Building. While no transcript exists for this recording, the brevity of the exchange suggests a logistical check-in or a quick relay of time-sensitive information between the two men. This interaction occurred just days before the 1972 presidential election, highlighting the high-pressure environment surrounding the White House staff at the time.

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NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 389-22

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: 12:25 pm - 12:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 33-35]
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

  • 033-033 11:04 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Hibbard talked on the telephone from 11:04 am to 11:06 am.
  • 389-019 11:15 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 033-034 11:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 389-020 11:45 AM · 20 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 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 389-021 11:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 033-035 12:25 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 389-023 12:40 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:40 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 389-024 1:15 PM · 11 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 1:15 pm and 1:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 389-022, November 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/389-022 (accessed October 11, 2026).