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.
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 AidConversation 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. Colson
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.