Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-110
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 2:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key staff member. No further substantive discussion occurred before the line was connected.
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NARA Description
On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-110 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-110
Date: June 17, 1971
Time: 2:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on June 17, 1971
- 005-108 1:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:22 pm.
- 261-013 1:16 PM · 13 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 1:16 pm and 2:22 pm.
- 005-109 2:22 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:37 pm.
- 261-014 2:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:37 pm.
- 524-026 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:41 pm.
- 524-027 2:42 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Clark MacGregor, Barry M. Goldwater, White House photographer, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 3:33 pm.
- 524-028 3:33 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:37 pm.
- 524-010 3:37 PM · 47 sec — Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:37 pm and 5:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-110, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-110 (accessed October 12, 2026).