Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-098
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 12:16 PM–12:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Special Counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-098
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 301-12]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 3, 1971
- 013-097 12:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm.
- 301-008 12:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:16 pm.
- 301-009 12:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 301-010 12:16 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 301-011 12:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 301-012 12:16 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 301-013 12:20 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 013-099 12:22 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:22 pm to 12:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-098, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-098 (accessed September 30, 2026).