Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-105
Colson phone call on Stock market and Economic policy
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 3:01 PM–4:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
Charles W. Colson coordinated with staff and the President to monitor stock market performance throughout the trading day. He actively sought real-time updates regarding market trends, trading volume, and closing prices. The conversation culminated in Colson receiving confirmation that the market had closed with a significant gain of 14.6 points on a volume of 14 million shares.
- Stock market
- Economic policy
- White House communications
- Market volatility
Audio
NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-105 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-105
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 301-25A]
Request for a call to office
Colson conferred with the President.
Stock market
[End of conferral]
Colson talked with Joan [Surname unknown] in his office at an unknown time.
Stock market
Colson conferred with the President.
Stock market
-Activity
Phone line
Stock market
[End of conferral]
Dick [Richard Howard?] came on the line at an unknown time.
Stock market
-Closing price and volume
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Also recorded on November 3, 1971
- 013-103 2:45 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 013-104 3:00 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 301-023 3:00 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 013-106 3:01 PM · 2 min — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Arthur F. Burns, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm.
- 301-024 3:01 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 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm.
- 301-025 3:01 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-105, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190425). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-105 (accessed November 2, 2026).