Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 761 › Conversation 761-006
Nixon & Colson on White House administration and 1972 election
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 10:36 AM–10:37 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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 [See Conversation No. 29-15; one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on August 4, 1972
- 029-012 10:22 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:24 am.
- 029-013 10:24 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:24 am to 10:25 am.
- 029-014 10:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
- 761-004 10:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
- 761-005 10:25 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
- 029-015 10:36 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:36 am to 10:37 am.
- 029-016 10:37 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 1:09 pm.
- 761-007 10:37 AM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, , Tricia Nixon Cox, Kenneth C. Rietz, George K. Gorton, Kenneth M. Smith, Angela M. Harris, Angela l. Miller, Lea D. Jablonsky, Thomas M. Davis, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Richard K. Cook met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 1:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 761-006, August 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/761-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).