Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-077

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

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 8:19 PM–8:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-077 on Tape 14 (tape position 02:26:58–02:27:06)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:19 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 8:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-077 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with Charles W. Colson. The operator confirmed Colson's current location at 'Root Holmes' and informed the President that a message had been left for Colson to initiate a return call. This exchange served strictly as a logistical coordination to establish a direct line of communication between Nixon and his special counsel.

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Yeah.
Mr. Colson is in Root Holmes, sir.
He should be there in about five minutes, and I left word for him to call you.
All right.
Thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-077 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-77

Date: November 11, 1971

Time: Unknown between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 297-4]

     Charles W. Colson's location

Also recorded on November 12, 1971

  • 014-076 8:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:19 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 014-077, 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/014-077 (accessed October 1, 2026).