Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-076

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

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-076 on Tape 14 (tape position 02:26:51–02:26:58)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:19 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-076 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to facilitate a private consultation between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion took place during this exchange.

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Coulson, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-076 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-76

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: 8:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 297-2]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 12, 1971

  • 014-077 8:19 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 297-002 8:19 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:19 pm.
  • 297-003 8:19 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 297-004 8:19 PM · 49 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 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 297-005 8:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 014-078 8:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 297-006 8:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:24 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 014-079 8:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-076, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-076 (accessed October 1, 2026).