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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-098 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:32:56–03:33:06)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-098 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190411 ↗

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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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. Colson

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Please.
Colson please.
Thank you Mr President.

Also recorded on November 3, 1971

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  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-098, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190411). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-098 (accessed November 14, 2026).