Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell

Monday, January 24, 1972 · 4:20 PM–4:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-052 on Tape 19StartMonday, January 24, 1972 at 4:20 PMEndMonday, January 24, 1972 at 4:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-052 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a substantive discussion between the President and his Attorney General. No further policy matters were addressed during this specific telephonic connection.

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Attorney General, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-52

Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 317-16]

     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell

Also recorded on January 24, 1972

  • 019-049 3:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Adele (Langston) Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:46 pm to 3:47 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.
  • 317-016 4:20 PM · 9 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 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm.
  • 019-053 4:27 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 317-017 4:27 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 317-018 4:55 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:55 pm.
  • 654-001 4:55 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William S. White, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-052, 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/019-052 (accessed October 9, 2026).