Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-122
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 5:12 PM–5:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Clark MacGregor. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to reach the President's former Congressional liaison and campaign advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this short communication.
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NARA Description
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 5:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-122 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-122
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:12 pm and 5:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 657-1A]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on January 26, 1972
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- 019-118 4:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:24 pm.
- 318-007 4:23 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 019-119 4:36 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:42 pm.
- 019-120 4:42 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:47 pm.
- 019-121 4:47 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 4:47 pm to 4:48 pm.
- 657-001 5:05 PM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Page Belcher, White House photographer, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, Hyde H. Murray, Earl L. Butz, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:17 pm.
- 019-123 5:14 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:14 pm to 5:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-122, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-122 (accessed September 27, 2026).