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