President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent conversation between the two men. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request for a connection.
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 14-13 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 299-8] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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