President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct contact between the President and a key advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief interaction.
On December 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:58 pm and 10:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 16-128 Date: December 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:58 pm and 10:11 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 639-28] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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