Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-120

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

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 1:48 PM–3:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-120 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:00:14–04:00:23)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 1:48 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-120 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190455 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-120 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-120

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-14]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Colson, please.
Thank you.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-120, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190455). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-120 (accessed November 14, 2026).