Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-026
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House administration
Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 3:15 PM–4:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Special Counsel. No policy matters or substantive discussions occur during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On September 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-26
Date: September 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 277-19]
Request for call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on September 15, 1971
- 009-023 2:32 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 277-015 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:32 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 009-024 2:33 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 277-016 2:33 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 277-017 2:33 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 009-025 2:37 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:37 pm to 2:38 pm.
- 277-018 2:37 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:37 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 277-019 3:15 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-026, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-026 (accessed October 9, 2026).