President Richard M. Nixon met with special counsel Charles W. Colson in the Oval Office for a brief discussion. The brief interaction, which remains largely undocumented due to the lack of a transcript and the withdrawal of an item, pertains to administrative or political matters being handled by the White House during the 1972 campaign season. No definitive policy outcomes or specific actions are identifiable from the available record of this brief meeting.
On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 761-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 761-6 Date: August 4, 1972 Time: 10:36 am - 10:37 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 29-15; one item has been withdrawn]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.