Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-046
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Adele Rogers
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 3:29 PM–3:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Adele Rogers, the wife of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with Mrs. Rogers. No policy matters or substantive political decisions were discussed during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-046 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-46
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 317-13]
Request for a call to Adele (Langston) RogersAlso recorded on January 24, 1972
- 019-044 3:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:17 pm and 3:23 pm.
- 019-045 3:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 317-012 3:23 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:23 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 317-013 3:29 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm.
- 019-047 3:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:32 pm.
- 317-014 3:32 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:32 pm.
- 317-015 3:35 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Frank T. Bow, Adele (Langston) Rogers, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, William L. Safire, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 4:20 pm.
- 019-048 3:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank T. Bow talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-046, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-046 (accessed September 26, 2026).