Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-156

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

Sunday, July 18, 1971 · 6:05 PM–6:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-156 on Tape 6 (tape position 03:14:26–03:14:32)StartSunday, July 18, 1971 at 6:05 PMEndMonday, July 19, 1971 at 6:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-156 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189203 ↗

A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on July 18, 1971 and 6:26 pm on July 19, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-156 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-156

Date: Unknown between July 18 and July 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:05 pm, July 18 and 6:26 pm, July 19, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Charles W. Colson

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 006-157 6:05 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on July 18, 1971 and 6:26 pm on July 19, 1971.

Conversation 006-156, July 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189203). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-156 (accessed November 5, 2026).