Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 406 › Conversation 406-051
Nixon & Colson on FBI and Secret Service
Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:55 PM–9:57 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engage in a brief, disjointed exchange that briefly touches upon investigations involving the FBI and the Secret Service. The conversation lacks a clear agenda, appearing to reference a shooting incident involving a U.S. Senator and expressing frustration over ongoing security or intelligence matters. No formal policy decisions or concrete action items are established during the brief interaction.
- FBI
- Secret Service
- Law Enforcement
- Domestic Security
- Investigations
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 pm to 9:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 406-51 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: 9:55 pm - 9:57 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 36-139]
Also recorded on January 31, 1973
- 036-135 9:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:40 pm to 9:41 pm.
- 036-136 9:41 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm.
- 406-048 9:41 PM · 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 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm.
- 036-137 9:42 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm.
- 406-049 9:42 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm.
- 036-138 9:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:43 pm and 9:55 pm.
- 406-050 9:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:43 pm to 9:55 pm.
- 036-139 9:55 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:55 pm to 9:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 406-051, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-051 (accessed October 9, 2026).