Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 7 › Conversation 007-115
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Friday, August 13, 1971 · 12:33 PM–1:47 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with his Special Counsel. The primary action taken was the initiation of this connection by the operator.
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NARA Description
On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-115 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-115
Date: August 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 1:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on August 13, 1971
- 563-003 11:57 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Diana Billings, Robert Buchanan, Christopher Chapin, Patricia Clifford, Thomas Davis, Arthur Ferguson, Marsha Gilman, Scoll Gleason, Douglas Hallett, Harding Jones, Dale Kinsella, Jeanne Luboja, Loretta Lungren, Chris Marshall, William Olson, Michael Schatzlein, Linda Scheuplein, Robert Sutcliffe, Blair Wilson, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:57 am to 12:15 pm.
- 563-004 12:16 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:18 pm.
- 563-005 12:19 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Frederic V. Malek, Herbert G. Klein, Jayne B. Spain, Patricia R. Hitt, Helen D. Bentlye, Barbara H. Franklin, Elizabeth Hanford, Nancy Hanks, Sallyanne Payton, Ethel B. Walsh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 563-006 12:29 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Edward L. Morgan, and Bruce A. Kehrli met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 1:45 pm.
- 007-114 12:32 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 563-007 1:45 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 563-008 1:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 563-009 1:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-115, August 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-115 (accessed September 18, 2026).