Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 297 › Conversation 297-026

Nixon & Colson

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 12:10 PM–12:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation297-026 on Tape 297 (tape position 01:04:06–01:12:44)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 12:10 PMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 12:29 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 297-026 ↗

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On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:10 pm to 12:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-026 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 297-26

Date: November 12, 1971
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 14-83; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation.

  • 014-083 12:10 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 297-027 12:29 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 297-028 12:33 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:33 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 297-029 12:59 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 297-030 12:59 PM · 8 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 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 297-031 12:59 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 297-032 12:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 297-033 12:59 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:20 pm.

Conversation 297-026, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-026 (accessed November 15, 2026).