Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 7 › Conversation 007-075

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

Sunday, August 8, 1971 · 8:09 PM–8:11 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation007-075 onTape 7 (tape position 02:40:05–02:40:10)StartSunday, August 8, 1971 at 8:09 PMEndSunday, August 8, 1971 at 8:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 007-075 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to facilitate a direct consultation between the President and one of his key political advisors. No further substantive matters were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On August 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-075 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 7-75

Date: August 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on August 9, 1971

  • 007-074 8:05 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 007-163 8:09 PM · 11 sec — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 007-076 8:11 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:20 pm.
  • 007-077 8:49 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 12:01 pm.
  • 557-001 8:52 AM · 3 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:52 am to 11:47 am.
  • 557-002 11:47 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:59 am.
  • 557-003 11:59 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:59 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 007-078 12:02 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 12:02 pm to 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 007-075, August 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-075 (accessed September 18, 2026).