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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192153 ↗

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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.

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

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

Conversation 018-030, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192153). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-030 (accessed November 13, 2026).