Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-152

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dan Rather and Television

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 9:30 PM–11:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation017-152 on Tape 17 (tape position 05:55:28–05:55:39)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 9:30 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 11:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 017-152 ↗

AI Summary

A caller identified as Commander Coach contacted the White House operator to confirm that an interview featuring journalist Dan Rather had concluded. The brief exchange served as a status update regarding the completion of the television broadcast. No further policy discussions or substantive actions occurred during the call.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yes, please?
Yes, come at it, Coach.
The television show is over.
Okay, thank you so much.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1972, the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-152 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 17-152

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Commander Coach[?] talked with the White House operator.

     Interview with Dan Rather
           -Completion

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 642-001 9:07 PM · 1 hr 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, William H. Carruthers, Donald W. Richardson, Robert Wussler, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Dan Rather, Gordon Manning, William A. Leonard, II, and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 017-153 9:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 11:11 pm.
  • 017-154 11:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:11 pm to 11:12 pm.
  • 017-155 11:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
  • 017-156 11:13 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:22 pm.
  • 017-157 11:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:22 pm.
  • 017-158 11:23 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 11:23 pm to 11:28 pm.
  • 017-159 11:28 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 017-152, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-152 (accessed October 9, 2026).