Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-102

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter J. Pitchess

Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 1:02 PM–1:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-102 on Tape 19StartWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 1:02 PMEndWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 1:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-102 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess. Upon realizing that the call could not be completed prior to his next scheduled appointment, Nixon directed the operator to postpone the attempt. No further policy or administrative business was conducted during this brief scheduling exchange.

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Yes, please.
You try, Sheriff, pitches in, I'll tell you, wait a minute.
All right.
Don't do it now because I don't think you can get him before my next appointment.
I'll call you later.
Fine, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-102 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-102

Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 656-22]

     Request for a call to Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess
         -The President's schedule

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 019-101 12:56 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 656-018 12:57 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:57 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 019-103 1:02 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
  • 656-019 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
  • 656-020 1:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
  • 656-021 1:02 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
  • 656-022 1:02 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter J. Pitchess met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.
  • 656-023 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and M. Gene Snyder met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm.

All 102 conversations from January 26, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-102, 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/019-102 (accessed October 6, 2026).