Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 302 › Conversation 302-012
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Charles W. Colson
Friday, October 29, 1971 · 2:41 PM–2:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his special counsel. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 29, 1971, 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 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 302-12
Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:41 pm -and 2:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 13-30]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on October 29, 1971
- 013-029 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 302-011 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 013-030 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 013-031 2:42 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 302-013 2:42 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 013-032 2:58 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 2:59 pm.
- 013-033 2:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:06 pm.
- 302-014 3:05 PM · 6 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 3:05 pm and 3:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 302-012, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-012 (accessed September 30, 2026).