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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-037 on Tape 18 (tape position 01:17:25–01:17:31)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:51 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-037 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192167 ↗

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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 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.

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. Agnew

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Yes, sir.
The Vice President, please.
Yes, sir.
  • 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.

Conversation 018-037, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192167). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-037 (accessed November 13, 2026).