Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-026

Nixon phone call with Colson on White House scheduling

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 10:54 AM–10:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.Conversation015-026 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:33:15–00:33:27)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:54 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson to confirm his immediate availability. After verifying that Colson is free, the President directs him to come to the Oval Office for a meeting. The brief exchange serves primarily as a logistical check to coordinate their schedules for an upcoming discussion.

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Mr. Colson, sir?
Yeah.
There you are.
Hello?
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Are you free now, or are you busy?
No, I'm free, sir.
All right.
Fine.
Come right in.

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:54 am to 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-26

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 10:54 am - 10:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Charles W. Colson

The President talked with Colson.

[See also Conversation No. 294-8]

     Colson's schedule
          -Meeting with the President

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 015-024 10:50 AM · 6 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 294-011 10:55 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:55 am to 12:42 pm.
  • 015-029 10:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert Stein talked on the telephone from 10:56 am to 10:58 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-026, 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/015-026 (accessed October 1, 2026).