Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-002

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 5:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-002 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 5:23 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192323 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-2

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: 5:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 314-14]

     Request for Raymond K. Price, Jr. at Executive Office Building [EOB]

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Yes, please.
Could you ask Mr. Price to come to the EOB office, please?
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on January 18, 1972

  • 018-103 2:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm.
  • 018-104 3:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
  • 650-014 3:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 650-015 3:45 PM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:45 pm.
  • 018-105 4:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 019-001 4:12 PM · 52 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 019-003 6:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:35 pm.
  • 019-004 7:35 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:35 pm to 7:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-002, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192323). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-002 (accessed November 4, 2026).