Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-037
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Spiro T. Agnew
Monday, January 10, 1972 · 2:51 PM–2:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. The interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the two leaders. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this short exchange.
- Spiro T. Agnew
- Presidential communications
- White House operations
- Executive branch logistics
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NARA Description
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-37
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 313-11]
Request for a call to Vice President Spiro T. AgnewAlso recorded on January 10, 1972
- 018-036 2:44 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 313-009 2:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:44 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 313-010 2:51 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 313-011 2:51 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 018-038 2:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:54 pm.
- 018-107 2:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 313-012 2:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm.
- 313-013 2:54 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-037, 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/018-037 (accessed September 29, 2026).