Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-020

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 1:18 PM–1:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-020 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:58:52–00:59:04)StartSunday, January 9, 1972 at 1:18 PMEndSunday, January 9, 1972 at 1:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192135 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-20

Date: January 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

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Look at me, Miss Woods, please.

Also recorded on January 9, 1972

  • 312-008 1:18 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm.
  • 018-021 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:25 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 312-009 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:25 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 312-010 1:28 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 018-022 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm.
  • 312-011 1:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:35 pm.
  • 312-012 1:35 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
  • 312-013 1:35 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-020, January 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192135). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-020 (accessed November 13, 2026).