Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 14 › Conversation 014-054

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

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 5:50 PM–6:11 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation014-054 onTape 14 (tape position 01:45:27–01:45:34)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 5:50 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 6:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-054 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his special counsel. The primary action item is the immediate placement of the call to Colson.

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Yes, sir.
Call soon, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-54

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-37]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 11, 1971

  • 014-055 5:50 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 014-056 5:50 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-036 5:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-037 5:50 PM · 6 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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-038 5:50 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-039 5:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-040 5:50 PM · 15 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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-041 5:50 PM · 4 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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-054, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-054 (accessed September 18, 2026).