Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-024

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

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 10:50 AM–10:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-024 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:30:45–00:30:52)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:50 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:54 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-024 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190893 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-24

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:50 am and 10:54 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-7]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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It's Colson, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 015-025 10:50 AM · 2 min — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:54 am, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 294-007 10:50 AM · 1 min — 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 10:50 am and 10:54 am.
  • 015-026 10:54 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
  • 294-008 10:54 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
  • 015-027 10:55 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am.
  • 015-028 10:55 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am.
  • 294-009 10:55 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:55 am.
  • 294-010 10:55 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 10:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-024, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190893). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-024 (accessed November 15, 2026).