Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-191

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

Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 7:45 PM–7:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-191 on Tape 6 (tape position 04:43:17–04:43:23)StartThursday, July 22, 1971 at 7:45 PMEndThursday, July 22, 1971 at 7:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-191 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief bridge to the subsequent conversation.

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NARA Description

On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-191 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-191

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm
Location: White House

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on July 22, 1971

  • 543-007 6:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm.
  • 543-008 6:25 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:25 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 006-188 6:46 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 543-009 6:46 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:46 pm.
  • 006-189 7:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 006-190 7:45 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 006-192 7:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
  • 006-193 7:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-191, July 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-191 (accessed October 9, 2026).