Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-063

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 1:34 PM–1:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-063 on Tape 11 (tape position 01:33:36–01:33:42)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 1:34 PMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 1:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-063 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190023 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-063

 Date: October 12, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 1:34 pm and 1:55 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 588-17]

        Request for call to Charles W. Colson

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Please.
To Colson, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

  • 011-062 1:32 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George Meany talked on the telephone from 1:32 pm to 1:34 pm.
  • 588-013 1:43 PM · 23 sec — Rose Mary Woods and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
  • 588-014 1:43 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
  • 588-015 1:43 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
  • 588-016 1:43 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
  • 588-017 1:43 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm.
  • 011-064 1:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:55 pm to 1:59 pm.
  • 588-018 1:55 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:55 pm to 1:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-063, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190023). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-063 (accessed November 12, 2026).