Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-012

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 8:58 PM–9:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-012 on Tape 11 (tape position 00:18:51–00:18:57)StartThursday, October 7, 1971 at 8:58 PMEndThursday, October 7, 1971 at 9:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to initiate the communication between the President and his aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request for assistance.

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NARA Description

On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-012

 Date: October 7, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on October 8, 1971

  • 011-008 8:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 8:57 pm.
  • 011-009 8:57 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:57 pm.
  • 011-010 8:58 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:58 pm.
  • 011-011 8:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 011-013 8:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 011-014 9:03 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:03 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 011-015 9:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:09 pm to 9:11 pm.
  • 011-016 9:17 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-012, October 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-012 (accessed October 6, 2026).