President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to initiate communication with a key member of the White House staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request.
On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 7-24
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 8:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Charles W. ColsonNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.