Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-013

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

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 4:44 PM–5:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-013 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:19:59–00:20:09)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 4:44 PMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 5:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192121 ↗

A 7-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 an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 18-13

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 643-13A]

     Request for a call to William P. Rogers

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Secretary Rogers.
Thank you, Mr. President.
  • 018-014 4:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 087-002 4:44 PM · 5 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-003 4:44 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-004 4:44 PM · 12 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-005 4:44 PM · 7 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-006 4:44 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-007 4:44 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-008 4:44 PM — Michael J. Farrell, David N. Parker, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.

Conversation 018-013, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192121). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-013 (accessed November 2, 2026).