Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 757 › Conversation 757-003

Nixon & Colson on White House taping system and Administrative records

Monday, July 31, 1972 · 4:07 PM–4:08 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation757-003 on Tape 757StartMonday, July 31, 1972 at 4:07 PMEndMonday, July 31, 1972 at 4:08 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 757-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Charles Colson met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate the handling of recording equipment and administrative materials. The interaction focused on the physical placement of documents or tapes, likely related to the maintenance of the White House taping system. No major policy decisions were made during this exchange, which functioned primarily as a logistical check-in.

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Anybody?
Come on.
Oh, yeah.
Fine, fine.
Oh, well, you can shove it in here.
This one looks fine.

NARA Description

On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 757-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 757-3

Date: July 31, 1972
Time: 4:07 pm and 4:08 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Charles W. Colson

[See Conversation No. 28-14]

Also recorded on July 31, 1972

  • 757-001 4:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm.
  • 757-002 4:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm.
  • 028-013 4:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:06 pm.
  • 028-014 4:07 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 757-004 4:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 757-005 4:10 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 028-015 5:32 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 757-006 5:38 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:38 pm to 6:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 757-003, July 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/757-003 (accessed October 1, 2026).