Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-098

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, September 20, 1971 · 5:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-098 on Tape 9 (tape position 02:35:43–02:35:49)StartMonday, September 20, 1971 at 5:04 PMEndMonday, September 20, 1971 at 5:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-098 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to establish a connection with his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this exchange.

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Colson, please.
Thanks.

NARA Description

On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-098 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-98

Date: September 20, 1971
Time: 5:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 577-15]

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on September 20, 1971

  • 577-012 4:41 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:41 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 009-099 5:04 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 577-013 5:04 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:12 pm.
  • 577-014 5:04 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:12 pm.
  • 577-015 5:04 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:12 pm.
  • 577-016 5:04 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:04 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 009-100 5:12 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 577-017 5:34 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:34 pm to 6:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-098, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-098 (accessed September 20, 2026).