Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-085
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 6:07 PM–6:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as an administrative bridge to initiate further discussion with a key political advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were finalized during this connection request.
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NARA Description
On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-085 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 6-85
Date: July 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 261-44]
Call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on July 1, 1971
- 261-042 5:55 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and J. Edgar Hoover met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:55 pm to 6:20 pm.
- 006-084 6:00 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:07 pm.
- 261-044 6:07 PM · 1 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 6:07 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 261-043 6:20 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 006-086 6:30 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:30 pm to 6:37 pm.
- 261-045 6:30 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:30 pm to 6:37 pm.
- 006-087 6:37 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:45 pm.
- 261-046 6:37 PM · 30 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 6:37 pm and 6:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 006-085, July 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-085 (accessed October 5, 2026).