Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-054
Nixon phone call with White on Journalism and Health
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 4:59 PM–5:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this phone call with columnist William S. White to personally offer well wishes following White's recent hospitalization for a spinal fusion. The conversation served primarily as a professional courtesy, during which White updated the President on his recovery and return to work. Nixon expressed his relief at White's improved health and communicated his continued interest in reading the journalist's future columns.
- William S. White
- Richard Nixon
- Journalism
- Health
- White House communications
Audio
NARA Description
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-54
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: 4:59 pm - 5:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William S. White.
[See Conversation No. 654-1A]
White's health
-The President's conversation with Patrick J. Buchanan
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Also recorded on January 24, 1972
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- 019-053 4:27 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 317-017 4:27 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 317-018 4:55 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:55 pm.
- 654-001 4:55 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William S. White, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 6:09 pm.
- 019-055 5:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:47 pm.
- 019-056 5:47 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:47 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-054, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192427). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-054 (accessed November 3, 2026).