Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-020
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Fina Sanchez
Wednesday, January 19, 1972 · 6:30 PM–7:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to Fina Sanchez. The brief exchange served as a directive for the operator to locate and connect Sanchez in her room. No other official policy matters or political topics were addressed during this communication.
- Fina Sanchez
- White House operations
- Presidential communication
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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 6:30 pm and 7:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-20
Date: January 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 7:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Fina SanchezAlso recorded on January 19, 1972
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- 019-013 3:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 019-014 4:30 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:30 pm to 4:31 pm.
- 019-015 4:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:39 pm to 4:42 pm.
- 019-016 4:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 019-017 4:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:49 pm.
- 019-018 5:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:17 pm.
- 019-019 5:17 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 5:17 pm to 5:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-020, 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/019-020 (accessed October 11, 2026).