Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-036

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

Thursday, January 20, 1972 · 5:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-036 on Tape 19StartThursday, January 20, 1972 at 5:22 PMEndThursday, January 20, 1972 at 5:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated a telephone call with the White House operator to reach Richard E. Berlin. He specifically provided the operator with the necessary room number, 1010, to facilitate the connection. This brief exchange served solely to ensure the operator could successfully place the call to Berlin.

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Operator, that's room 1010.
Oh, thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-36

Date: January 20, 1972
Time: 5:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 652-13B]

     Request for a call to Richard E. Berlin
         -Hospital room number

Also recorded on January 20, 1972

  • 019-035 4:52 PM · 21 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 019-182 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 019-036, 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/019-036 (accessed October 12, 2026).