Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-049
Nixon, Rogers & Kissinger on San Clemente and Cabinet
Monday, January 24, 1972 · 3:46 PM–3:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with Adele Rogers to express his personal appreciation for a thoughtful gift presented by Cabinet members for his San Clemente home. The conversation focused on the aesthetic suitability of the sculpture selected by Rogers and Nellie Connally, as well as the positive reception of a recent anniversary dinner the President had hosted for his Cabinet. This interaction served primarily as a social gesture to reinforce interpersonal relationships between the President and his Cabinet wives.
- San Clemente
- Cabinet
- Art
- Gifts
- Social relations
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NARA Description
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Adele (Langston) Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:46 pm to 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-49
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: 3:46 pm - 3:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Henry A. Kissinger conferred with the President.
Vietnam negotiations
[End of conferral]
[The President talked with Adele (Langston) Rogers between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm.]
[See Conversation No. 317-15B]
Gift for San Clemente from Cabinet members
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally
-Sculptor
The President's previous dinner for the Cabinet
-ReactionAlso recorded on January 24, 1972
- 019-046 3:29 PM · 7 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 019-050 4:05 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm.
- 019-051 4:05 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-049, 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/019-049 (accessed October 9, 2026).