Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-103

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

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 2:45 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-103 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:41:49–03:41:58)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 2:45 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 3:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-103 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190421 ↗

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On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-103 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 013-103

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 301-22]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Coulson, please.
  • 013-101 2:39 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:39 pm.
  • 301-017 2:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:39 pm.
  • 301-018 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm.
  • 013-102 2:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank S. Farley talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 301-019 2:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank S. Farley met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 301-020 2:45 PM · 2 min — 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 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 301-021 2:45 PM · 8 min — 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 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 301-022 2:45 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 an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.

Conversation 013-103, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190421). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-103 (accessed November 14, 2026).