President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a functional administrative call to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.
On April 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 8:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 2-29
Date: April 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:56 pm and 8:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Charles W. Colson
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