Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-051
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, October 5, 1971 · 9:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical directive to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key advisor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-51
Date: October 5, 1971
Time: 9:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-052 9:25 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:44 pm.
- 010-053 9:44 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 9:50 pm.
- 010-054 9:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 9:50 pm to 9:51 pm.
- 283-004 7:55 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 8:03 am.
- 010-058 8:03 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:03 am.
- 283-005 8:03 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:03 am.
- 010-059 8:05 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
- 010-060 8:05 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-051, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-051 (accessed September 28, 2026).