Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 393 › Conversation 393-002
Colson & Warren on White House administration and Communications strategy
Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 3:13 PM–3:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 57 sec
AI Summary
Charles W. Colson and Gerald L. Warren met to discuss administrative matters and potential communications strategies within the White House. The participants engaged in brief, informal dialogue regarding organizational business and ongoing operations. No major policy decisions were reached during this short encounter, which served primarily as a routine professional exchange.
- White House administration
- Communications strategy
- Internal operations
- Staff coordination
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NARA Description
On January 2, 1973, Charles W. Colson and Gerald L. Warren met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 393-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 393-2 Date: January 2, 1973 Time: Unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:33 pm Location: Executive Office Building Charles W. Colson talked with Gerald L. Warren. [See Conversation No. 35-65]
Also recorded on January 2, 1973
- 035-060 3:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:03 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 035-061 3:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 035-062 3:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 035-063 3:11 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:12 pm.
- 035-064 3:12 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 035-065 3:13 PM · 2 min — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 393-003 3:13 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:33 pm.
- 830-001 3:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 393-002, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/393-002 (accessed October 2, 2026).