Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-024

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

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 6:39 PM–7:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-024 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:24:51–00:24:57)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 6:39 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 7:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a brief administrative step to initiate an urgent or private consultation with a key advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific operator-assisted request.

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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 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-24

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 10, 1971

  • 014-020 3:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:16 pm.
  • 014-021 3:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 616-009 4:20 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 5:17 pm.
  • 616-010 5:17 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Carl T. Curtis, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:39 pm.
  • 014-022 6:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
  • 014-023 6:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 7:54 pm.
  • 616-011 6:39 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 616-012 6:39 PM · 8 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:39 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-024, 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/014-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).