Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 18 › Conversation 018-109

Nixon phone call with Warren on State of the Union and H.R. Haldeman

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 10:10 AM–10:11 AM ET · White House Telephone ·34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Warren, Gerald L.Conversation018-109 onTape 18 (tape position 00:05:28–00:06:02)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 10:10 AMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 10:11 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren coordinated the public announcement of the upcoming State of the Union address. Nixon confirmed the date of January 20th at noon but deferred to H.R. Haldeman’s instruction to delay the release while ongoing congressional relations work was finalized. The President authorized Warren to proceed with the announcement once those internal preparations were completed.

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Hello.

Mr. Warren, Mr. President.

Yes, sir.

With regard to the announcement of the State of the Union, I was wondering if that had been done or...

It had not yet been announced, Mr. President.

I was holding off... Well, it's going to be the 20th at noon.

I've definitely decided it.

Now, I don't know when you can...

Bob had told me this morning to hold off.

I think there's some congressional relations work to be done.

Yeah.

All right, fine.

Well, it can go forward any time that's completed.

Very good, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-109

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 10:10 am – 10:11 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Gerald L. Warren.

[See Conversation No. 642-16N]

     The President’s forthcoming State of the Union message
          -Announcement
                -Timing
          -Date
          -Announcement
                -Timing
                      -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                      -Congressional relations

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

642-015 9:25 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 10:04 am.
018-003 10:05 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:10 am.
642-016 10:05 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Gerald L. Warren, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:14 am.
018-110 10:11 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 11:08 am.
642-017 10:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
642-018 10:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:23 am.
642-019 10:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:23 am.
642-020 10:23 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerard C. Smith, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 10:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-109, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-109 (accessed September 18, 2026).