Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-001
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 5:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-001
Date: October 7, 1971
Time: 5:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 286-5]
Charles W. Colson's schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 286-001 5:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 286-003 5:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 286-004 5:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 011-002 5:36 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 5:49 pm.
- 286-005 5:36 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:36 pm.
- 286-006 5:36 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:36 pm to 6:10 pm.
- 011-003 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
- 011-004 5:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 8:11 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-001, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417189903). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-001 (accessed November 4, 2026).