Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-024

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

Wednesday, July 28, 1971 · 8:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation007-024 on Tape 7 (tape position 01:20:23–01:20:28)StartWednesday, July 28, 1971 at 8:58 PMEndWednesday, July 28, 1971 at 8:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-024 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189337 ↗

An 8-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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NARA Description

On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-24

Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 8:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Charles W. Colson

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  • 007-019 5:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:41 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 007-020 5:43 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 007-021 6:04 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:04 pm to 6:19 pm.
  • 007-022 6:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 8:42 pm.
  • 550-004 6:21 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:40 pm.
  • 007-023 8:42 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 8:42 pm to 8:58 pm.
  • 007-025 8:59 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:59 pm to 9:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-024, July 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189337). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-024 (accessed November 2, 2026).