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
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to initiate communication with a key member of the White House staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request.
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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. ColsonAlso recorded on July 29, 1971
- 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.
- 551-001 8:55 AM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), John G. Tower, Elliot L. Richardson, Clark MacGregor, White House photographer, William D. Eberle, Peter G. Peterson, Frederic V. Malek, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:55 am to 10:26 am.
- 551-002 10:26 AM · 1 min — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:37 am.
- 551-003 10:37 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Murray M. Chotiner met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:37 am to 11:05 am.
- 551-004 11:05 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles M. Teague, Olin E. Teague, George P. Shultz, Donald E. Johnson, Clark MacGregor, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 11:48 am.
- 551-005 11:48 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:50 am.
- 551-006 11:50 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Agha Hilaly, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-024, July 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/007-024 (accessed September 18, 2026).