Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-059

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

Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 3:55 PM–5:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation016-059 on Tape 16 (tape position 02:08:37–02:08:42)StartWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 3:55 PMEndWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 5:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-059 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191367 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 5:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-59

Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 5:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 307-29]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Thank you, Mr. President.

Also recorded on December 8, 1971

  • 016-057 3:44 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm.
  • 307-022 3:44 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm.
  • 307-023 3:44 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm.
  • 307-024 3:44 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:44 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 016-058 3:46 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:46 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 307-025 3:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:46 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 307-026 3:55 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:55 pm.
  • 307-027 3:55 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 5:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-059, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191367). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-059 (accessed November 2, 2026).