Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-137

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jerry V. Wilson

Thursday, January 27, 1972 · 2:20 PM–2:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-137 on Tape 19StartThursday, January 27, 1972 at 2:20 PMEndThursday, January 27, 1972 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-137 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192593 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-137 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-137

Date: January 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 658-18]

     Request for a call to Jerry V. Wilson

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Chief Wilson of the Washington Police Department.
Thank you so much.

Also recorded on January 27, 1972

  • 019-135 2:17 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 658-016 2:17 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 019-136 2:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:20 pm.
  • 658-017 2:20 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:20 pm.
  • 658-018 2:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 658-019 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 019-138 2:23 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 658-020 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-137, January 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192593). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-137 (accessed November 12, 2026).