Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-158
Nixon phone call with Ehrlichman on Charles W. Colson
Monday, November 29, 1971 · 3:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to his Executive Office Building (EOB) location. John D. Ehrlichman was present during the call, which served as a brief administrative directive to coordinate a meeting with Colson. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.
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NARA Description
On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-158 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-158
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 3:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; John D. Ehrlichman can be heard in the
background.
[See also Conversation No. 306-10A]
Request that Charles W. Colson come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] officeAlso recorded on November 29, 1971
- 015-157 3:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 306-008 3:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:08 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 306-009 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:53 pm.
- 306-010 3:11 PM · 2 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 5:39 pm.
- 015-159 4:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 015-160 4:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:52 pm to 4:54 pm.
- 015-161 4:54 PM · 3 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm.
- 015-162 4:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-158, November 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-158 (accessed October 12, 2026).