Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-022

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

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 11:27 AM–2:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-022 on Tape 6 (tape position 00:19:51–00:19:58)StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 11:27 AMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 2:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his Special Counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this segment of the recording.

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Colson, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:27 am and 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-22

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:27 am and 2:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 261-25]

     Call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on June 29, 1971

  • 530-006 10:57 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:57 am to 11:06 am.
  • 006-020 11:22 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:22 am.
  • 006-021 11:22 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:22 am to 11:27 am.
  • 530-007 11:22 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:22 am.
  • 530-008 11:22 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 11:27 am.
  • 261-025 11:27 AM · 2 min — 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 11:27 am and 2:28 pm.
  • 530-009 11:27 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:27 am and 11:30 am.
  • 530-010 11:30 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 12:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-022, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-022 (accessed October 5, 2026).