Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-030

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 12:58 PM–1:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-030 on Tape 18 (tape position 01:05:18–01:05:26)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 12:58 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 1:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with his staff. The President inquired about his afternoon schedule before requesting to be connected with advisor Peter M. Flanigan. This brief administrative exchange served to coordinate the President's immediate business agenda for the day.

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What is your schedule this afternoon?
Yes, please.
If you'll get me Flanagan, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 1:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-30

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:58 pm and 1:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 644-14A]

     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

  • 644-013 12:34 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:34 pm.
  • 644-014 12:35 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [David] Kenneth Rush, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, White House photographer, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:24 pm.
  • 018-031 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 1:11 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 644-015 1:24 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:24 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 644-016 1:25 PM · 4 min — United States Secret Service agents, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen Hess met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:34 pm.
  • 313-001 1:34 PM · 29 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 1:34 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 313-002 1:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 313-003 1:34 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-030, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-030 (accessed September 29, 2026).