Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 9:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-001 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:11:18–00:12:13)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 9:19 AMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 9:19 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192099 ↗

An 18-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 18-1

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 9:19 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 642-13]

     Request for a call to William P. Rogers

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Please.
Secretary Rogers?
Yes, Mr. President.
  • 642-006 9:02 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:07 am.
  • 642-010 9:07 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:14 am.
  • 642-011 9:15 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald L. Warren, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 9:19 am.
  • 018-002 9:19 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:23 am.
  • 642-012 9:19 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:19 am.
  • 642-013 9:19 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:19 am.
  • 642-014 9:19 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:19 am to 9:23 am.
  • 642-015 9:25 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 10:04 am.

Conversation 018-001, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192099). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-001 (accessed October 30, 2026).