Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-097

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald Reagan

Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 12:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-097 on Tape 19StartWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 12:11 PMEndWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 12:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-097 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192513 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-097 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-97

Date: January 26, 1972
Time: 12:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 656-13A]

     Request for a call to Ronald W. Reagan

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Yes, please.
Governor Reagan, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 656-014 12:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm.
  • 656-013 12:11 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Ronald W. Reagan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:11 pm.
  • 019-098 12:12 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:12 pm.
  • 656-015 12:12 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Cornelius A. Scott met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:12 pm.
  • 656-016 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:14 pm.
  • 019-099 12:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 019-100 12:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Cornelius A. Scott talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 656-017 12:14 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Cornelius A. Scott, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:14 pm to 12:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-097, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192513). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-097 (accessed October 30, 2026).