Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 4:12 PM–5:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 52 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation019-001 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 4:12 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 5:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-001 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a telephone connection involving the White House taping system that contains no audible content. Due to the absence of a transcript and the brevity of the segment, no substantive discussions or policy decisions occurred during this interaction. The file remains an empty or non-historical entry within the presidential archives.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

NARA Description

On January 18, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-1

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 16s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on January 18, 1972

  • 650-013 2:30 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Zosimo T. Monzon, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:30 pm to 3:42 pm.
  • 018-103 2:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm.
  • 018-104 3:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
  • 650-014 3:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 650-015 3:45 PM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:45 pm.
  • 018-105 4:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 019-002 5:23 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:23 pm.
  • 019-003 6:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-001, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-001 (accessed September 29, 2026).