Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-004

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jody Smith and Ayrshire, Iowa

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 11:08 AM–11:09 AM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-004 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:06:05–00:06:31)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 11:08 AMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 11:09 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192105 ↗

A 26-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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NARA Description

On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-4

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:08 am and 11:09 am

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 642-24]

     Request for a call to Jody Smith, mayor of Ayrshire, Iowa
         -Youngest mayor
         -Phone number

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Could you get me Mr. Smith?
He is, I think you've got his number as being inaugurated as mayor in some little town in Iowa, Irishire.
The number is 712-426-2185.
426-2185?
Yeah.
Mayor Smith, Mr. President?
Yeah.
Fine, sir.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 642-021 10:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:00 am.
  • 642-022 10:56 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:00 am.
  • 642-023 11:00 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 11:08 am.
  • 642-024 11:08 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:09 am.
  • 642-025 11:08 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:09 am.
  • 642-026 11:09 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:09 am to 11:15 am.
  • 642-027 11:15 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Jody Smith, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:42 am.
  • 018-005 11:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jody Smith talked on the telephone from 11:20 am to 11:21 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-004, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192105). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-004 (accessed November 1, 2026).