Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-013
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, September 28, 1971 · 4:23 PM–4:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an urgent call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This administrative interaction serves to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key advisor regarding ongoing executive business. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the dialogue is limited to the mechanical process of connecting the call.
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NARA Description
On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-13
Date: September 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 4:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 579-10C]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on September 28, 1971
- 077-007 3:15 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Organization of African Unity, including Moktar Ould Daddah, Hamdi Ould Mouknass, Dr. Njoroge Mungai, Capt. Charles Sissoko, Elijah Mudenda, Jean Keutcha, Diallo Telli, Mohamed Sahnoun, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., David D. Newsome, W. Marshall Wright, Robert Bruce, Alec G. Toumayan, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:15 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 579-008 3:59 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John C. Stennis, Gordon L. Allott, Leslie C. Arends, F. Edward Hébert, Melvin R. Laird, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:59 pm to 4:13 pm.
- 579-009 4:14 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:23 pm.
- 010-011 4:21 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:21 pm to 4:22 pm.
- 010-012 4:23 PM · 12 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 579-010 4:23 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Clark MacGregor, Ronald L. Ziegler, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 010-014 4:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 4:57 pm.
- 579-011 5:23 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John L. McClellan, Eugene S. Cowen, Peter M. Flanigan, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-013, September 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-013 (accessed October 2, 2026).