Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-013
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 2:28 PM–2:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent conversation between the two men. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request for a connection.
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NARA Description
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-13
Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 299-8]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-012 2:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 299-006 2:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:27 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 299-007 2:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 299-008 2:28 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 014-014 2:34 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 299-009 2:34 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 014-015 2:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 299-010 2:45 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-013, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-013 (accessed September 22, 2026).