Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-104
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 6:45 PM–7:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange served primarily as an administrative request to facilitate communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-104 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-104
Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:45 and 7:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on September 21, 1971
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- 449-019 5:00 PM · 52 sec — Manolo Sanchez and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:02 pm.
- 449-020 5:02 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 449-021 5:15 PM · 23 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 8:20 pm.
- 009-105 7:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:33 pm.
- 009-106 7:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:33 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 009-107 7:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:37 pm.
- 009-108 7:54 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 8:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-104, September 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-104 (accessed October 12, 2026).