Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-153

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

Friday, November 5, 1971 · 12:25 PM–12:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-153 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:23:15–04:23:21)StartFriday, November 5, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndFriday, November 5, 1971 at 12:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-153 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief interaction.

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Coulson, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On November 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-153 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-153

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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  • 615-019 11:13 AM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-023 11:21 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Indira Ghandi met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:21 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 615-024 12:20 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 615-025 12:25 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:49 pm.
  • 013-154 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 615-026 12:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 615-027 12:55 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., John K. Andrews, Sr., and Mrs. John K. Andrews, Sr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 12:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-153, November 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-153 (accessed October 12, 2026).