Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-037
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 3:42 PM–3:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to request a conversation with Charles W. Colson. This administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct contact between the President and his special counsel. The primary action item is the immediate placement of the call to Colson to address undisclosed matters.
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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 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-37
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 294-22C]
Request for a call Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 18, 1971
- 015-034 2:48 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 294-021 2:48 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 015-035 2:56 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:36 pm.
- 294-022 2:56 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 4:50 pm.
- 015-036 3:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 015-038 3:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 015-039 3:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm.
- 015-040 4:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-037, 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/015-037 (accessed October 1, 2026).