Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-019

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

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 8:07 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-019 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:25:40–00:25:46)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:07 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request to establish a line of communication with Colson. No further policy or administrative matters are addressed during this brief exchange.

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

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-19

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 8:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-2]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 621-006 8:01 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am.
  • 294-001 8:02 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
  • 294-002 8:02 AM · 4 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 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
  • 621-007 8:02 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 6:00 pm.
  • 015-020 8:07 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:07 am to 8:08 am.
  • 294-003 8:07 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:07 am to 8:08 am.
  • 015-021 8:12 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:12 am to 8:13 am.
  • 294-004 8:12 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:12 am to 8:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-019, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).