Nixon White House TapesTape 14 › Conversation 014-011

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

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 1:33 PM–2:27 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation014-011 onTape 14 (tape position 00:05:16–00:05:21)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 1:33 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-011 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The call functioned solely as a administrative request to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Please.
Colson, please.
Thank you.

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-11

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 299-5]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
  • 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 299-002 1:20 PM · 41 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
  • 616-008 1:20 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 014-010 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 299-003 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 299-004 1:33 PM · 1 min — 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
  • 299-005 1:33 PM · 33 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.

Conversation 014-011, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).