Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-049
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Herbert G. Klein
Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:11 PM–5:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-49
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 313-24]
Request for a call to Herbert G. KleinTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 10, 1972
- 018-048 5:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 313-023 5:11 PM · 5 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 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 313-024 5:11 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 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 018-050 5:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:21 pm.
- 313-025 5:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Herbert G. Klein met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:21 pm.
- 018-051 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
- 313-026 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
- 313-027 5:24 PM · 13 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 5:24 pm and 5:27 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-049, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192191). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-049 (accessed November 8, 2026).