Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-098
Nixon phone call with Safire on Charles W. Colson and Presidential staff
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 5:18 PM–5:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson. The conversation includes an unidentified speaker, likely William L. Safire, participating in the background. The primary action taken during this short exchange was the formal request to connect the President with Colson.
- Charles W. Colson
- White House communications
- Presidential staff
- Telephone call management
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-98
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 5:18 pm - 5:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 284-14C]
The President conferred with an unknown person [William L. Safire?] in the background.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 284-013 4:39 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:39 pm.
- 284-014 4:40 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 010-096 5:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm.
- 010-097 5:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:18 pm.
- 010-099 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:22 pm.
- 284-015 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 284-016 5:25 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 284-017 5:30 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-098, 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/010-098 (accessed October 11, 2026).