Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 19 › Conversation 019-012
Nixon phone call with Safire on Vietnam speech and State of the Union
Wednesday, January 19, 1972 · 3:43 PM–3:44 PM ET · White House Telephone ·47 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and speechwriter William Safire coordinated the delivery of a new draft for an upcoming Vietnam-related speech. Safire confirmed his scheduled meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers, while the President requested the draft be delivered to his office in the Executive Office Building via his valet, Manolo Sanchez. The President intended to review the document in between his work on the State of the Union address.
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NARA Description
On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-12
Date: January 19, 1972
Time: 3:43 pm - 3:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William L. Safire.
[See Conversation No. 315-20]
Vietnam speech preparation
-Safire's schedule
-William P. Rogers
-The President's schedule
-State of the Union speech
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Manolo SanchezAlso recorded on January 19, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-012, January 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).