Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-112

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 5:46 PM–6:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-112 on Tape 5 (tape position 03:26:48–03:26:53)StartThursday, June 17, 1971 at 5:46 PMEndThursday, June 17, 1971 at 6:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-112 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary connection process for the President to reach his aide. No further substantive discussion took place during this exchange.

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Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:46 pm and 6:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-112 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-112

Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:46 pm and 6:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on June 17, 1971

  • 063-001 5:12 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:12 pm on June 17, 1971 and 10:05 am on June 28, 1971.
  • 525-001 5:15 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:15 pm to 6:10 pm.
  • 005-111 5:46 PM · 59 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:46 pm.
  • 261-015 6:13 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 525-002 6:13 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:13 pm on June 17, 1971 and 8:40 am on June 18, 1971.
  • 261-016 6:17 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:17 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 005-113 6:38 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:38 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 005-114 6:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-112, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-112 (accessed September 22, 2026).