Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-105

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

Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 7:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-105 on Tape 9 (tape position 03:03:16–03:03:31)StartTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 7:33 PMEndTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 7:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-105 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417189829 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-105

Date: September 21, 1971
Time: 7:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Charles W. Colson's location
          -Return call

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Hello?
Mr. Pendleton?
Yeah.
Mr. Coulson is on his way home, but he had a stop to make at the Taylor's, and he can't talk to the man too well.
Oh, no.
Not her.

Also recorded on September 21, 1971

  • 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.
  • 009-104 6:45 PM · 7 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 009-109 8:11 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:11 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 449-022 8:32 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 pm and 11:27 pm.
  • 009-110 8:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:48 pm to 8:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-105, September 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189829). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-105 (accessed November 2, 2026).