Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-164
Nixon phone call with Colson on Ronald L. Ziegler
Monday, November 29, 1971 · 5:05 PM–5:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a request to speak with White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler via the telephone operator. Charles W. Colson was present with the President during the preliminary arrangements for this call. The primary purpose of the contact was to facilitate direct communication with Ziegler regarding administrative or press-related matters.
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NARA Description
On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-164 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-164
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with Charles W.
Colson before the conversation begins.
[See also Conversation No. 306-10L]
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on November 29, 1971
- 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.
- 015-163 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, John C. Whitaker, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 5:05 pm.
- 015-165 5:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:39 pm.
- 015-166 5:39 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:43 pm.
- 306-011 5:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:43 pm.
- 306-012 5:39 PM · 7 sec — 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 5:39 pm and 5:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-164, 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/015-164 (accessed October 12, 2026).