Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-059

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

Monday, November 1, 1971 · 5:18 PM–5:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-059 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:07:00–02:07:04)StartMonday, November 1, 1971 at 5:18 PMEndMonday, November 1, 1971 at 5:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves as a procedural call to facilitate communication with a key member of the President's staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this connection attempt.

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Mr. Coulson, please.

NARA Description

On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-059

Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 1, 1971

  • 013-056 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-031 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-032 2:54 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Melvin R. Laird, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 013-057 2:55 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 013-058 3:55 PM · 29 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 610-001 4:04 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
  • 610-002 5:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:08 pm.
  • 610-003 5:08 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-059, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-059 (accessed October 12, 2026).