Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 524 › Conversation 524-023
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Charles W. Colson
Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 12:46 PM–2:41 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as an initiation of communication between the President and a key advisor. No further substantive discussion was recorded during this segment of the tape.
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NARA Description
On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 524-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 524-23
Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 2:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President spoke with the White House operator.
Call to Charles W. Colson
[End of conversation]
[Note: There is no Conversation No. 524-24 or Conversation No. 524-25; the next conversation
is 524-26]Also recorded on June 17, 1971
- 524-020 12:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:18 pm.
- 524-021 12:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wendell Wyatt, Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 524-022 12:22 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:46 pm.
- 524-030 12:46 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:41 pm.
- 261-012 1:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 1:16 pm.
- 005-106 1:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 005-107 1:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm.
- 005-108 1:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 524-023, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/524-023 (accessed October 23, 2026).