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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190685 ↗

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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 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

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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.

Also recorded on November 11, 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 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190685). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-077 (accessed November 15, 2026).