President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact special counsel Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a standard administrative request to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his aide. The call concludes immediately after the operator receives the instruction to connect the line.
On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 11:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 42-53 Date: April 16, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 11:06 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 250-6] Call to Charles W. Colson
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