Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-033

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 7:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-033 on Tape 10 (tape position 00:53:15–00:53:22)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 7:27 PMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 7:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served as a functional request to connect the President with his special counsel. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-33

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: 7:27 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on September 29, 1971

  • 580-018 3:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 580-019 3:02 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 580-020 3:03 PM · 1 hr 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Andrei A. Gromyko, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, William Krimer, Viktor M. Sukhodrev, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 580-021 5:00 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:00 pm.
  • 583-001 5:05 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:14 pm.
  • 583-002 5:15 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:17 pm.
  • 010-032 7:19 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:19 pm to 7:24 pm.
  • 010-034 7:33 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:33 pm to 7:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-033, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-033 (accessed October 12, 2026).