Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-201

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

Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 1:50 PM–2:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-201 on Tape 15 (tape position 05:56:09–05:56:17)StartThursday, December 2, 1971 at 1:50 PMEndThursday, December 2, 1971 at 2:07 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-201 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191247 ↗

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NARA Description

On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-201 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-201

Date: December 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 628-9]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Mr. President.
Colson, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on December 2, 1971

  • 015-199 1:50 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 015-200 1:50 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 628-009 2:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 628-010 2:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 015-202 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
  • 628-011 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
  • 628-012 2:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:19 pm.
  • 628-013 2:19 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gordon M. Metcalf, William M. Batten, George P. Shultz, Richard A. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:19 pm to 2:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-201, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191247). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-201 (accessed November 2, 2026).