Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-052

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

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 5:20 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-052 on Tape 14 (tape position 01:21:45–01:21:52)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 5:20 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 5:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-052 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190635 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-52

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-34]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Yes, please.
Colson, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on November 11, 1971

  • 298-033 5:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 298-034 5:20 PM · 8 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 5:20 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 014-053 5:25 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:25 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 298-035 5:25 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:25 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 014-054 5:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 014-055 5:50 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 014-056 5:50 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.
  • 298-036 5:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-052, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190635). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-052 (accessed November 7, 2026).