Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-033

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William C. Lewis

Thursday, January 20, 1972 · 1:22 PM–1:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-033 on Tape 19StartThursday, January 20, 1972 at 1:22 PMEndThursday, January 20, 1972 at 1:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to William C. Lewis, who was located in Senator Margaret Chase Smith's office. This request served as the primary purpose of the brief communication. The interaction concluded with the operator confirming the instructions to initiate the call.

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Bill Lewis in Margaret Smith's office.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 1:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-33

Date: January 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:22 pm and 1:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 652-3B]

     Request for a call to William C. Lewis
         -Margaret Chase Smith

Also recorded on January 20, 1972

  • 652-002 1:17 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 1:22 pm.
  • 019-032 1:22 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 1:29 pm.
  • 652-003 1:22 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 1:33 pm.
  • 019-034 1:29 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:29 pm.
  • 652-004 1:29 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 1:33 pm.
  • 652-005 1:33 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:33 pm to 2:15 pm.
  • 652-006 2:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 652-007 2:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-033, January 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-033 (accessed October 11, 2026).