Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-005

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Wednesday, January 19, 1972 · 10:06 AM–10:13 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-005 on Tape 19StartWednesday, January 19, 1972 at 10:06 AMEndWednesday, January 19, 1972 at 10:13 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192329 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-5

Date: January 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:13 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 651-4]

     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

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yes please governor rockefeller please thank you sir

Also recorded on January 19, 1972

  • 651-003 10:05 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:06 am.
  • 651-004 10:06 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:13 am.
  • 651-005 10:06 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:13 am.
  • 651-006 10:06 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:13 am.
  • 019-006 10:13 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 10:13 am to 10:21 am.
  • 651-007 10:13 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:21 am.
  • 651-008 10:21 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.
  • 651-009 10:21 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-005, January 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192329). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-005 (accessed November 13, 2026).