Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-035

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard E. Berlin

Thursday, January 20, 1972 · 4:52 PM–5:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-035 on Tape 19StartThursday, January 20, 1972 at 4:52 PMEndThursday, January 20, 1972 at 5:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-035 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192389 ↗

A 21-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-35

Date: January 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 652-13A]

     Request for a call to Richard E. Berlin
         -Berlin’s location
                -Roosevelt Hospital
                      -New York

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Would you get me Mr. Richard Berlin?
He is in the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.

Also recorded on January 20, 1972

  • 652-013 4:52 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Terence Cardinal Cooke, Theodore E. McCarrick, Peter M. Flanigan, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, unknown person(s), White House operator, Gen. William Westmoreland, and Melvin R. Laird met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 5:59 pm.
  • 019-036 5:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:22 pm.
  • 019-182 5:22 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:06 pm.
  • 652-014 5:59 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:59 pm and 6:00 pm.
  • 019-037 6:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:06 pm.
  • 652-015 6:00 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 6:08 pm.
  • 019-038 6:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 6:06 pm to 6:08 pm.
  • 652-016 6:08 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 6:08 pm and 6:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-035, January 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192389). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-035 (accessed November 2, 2026).