Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-090
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 7:47 AM–7:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate communication between the President and a key member of his staff. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this specific telephonic interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-090 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-90
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:47 am and 7:52 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 656-5]
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on January 26, 1972
- 088-002 7:47 AM · 1 hr 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Barry M. Goldwater, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Samuel L. Devine, Richard H. Poff, Barber B. Conable, Jr., H. Allen Smith, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John W. Byrnes, Frank T. Bow, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Herbert Stein, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Harry S. Dent, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, Noel C. Koch, William L. Gifford, Henry A. Kissinger, and William P. Rogers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 10:02 am.
- 656-002 7:47 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am.
- 656-003 7:47 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am.
- 656-004 7:47 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am.
- 656-005 7:47 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am.
- 656-006 7:47 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am.
- 019-091 7:52 AM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 7:52 am to 7:53 am.
- 656-007 7:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:52 am to 8:03 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-090, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-090 (accessed October 6, 2026).