Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 14 › Conversation 014-011
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 1:33 PM–2:27 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The call functioned solely as a administrative request to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-11
Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 299-5]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 299-002 1:20 PM · 41 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 616-008 1:20 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
- 014-010 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
- 299-003 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
- 299-004 1:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 299-005 1:33 PM · 33 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-011, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).