Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-106
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on communications management
Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 2:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place all incoming calls on hold for the next ninety minutes. This directive served to clear the President's schedule for an upcoming private engagement or meeting. The operator confirmed the request, effectively ensuring a period of uninterrupted time for the President.
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NARA Description
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-106 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-106
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 656-25]
Request to hold a callAlso recorded on January 26, 1972
- 019-102 1:02 PM · 16 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.
- 019-104 1:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:58 pm.
- 019-105 1:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:58 pm.
- 656-024 1:58 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:58 pm.
- 019-107 2:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 3:23 pm.
- 656-025 2:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:00 pm.
- 656-026 2:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:00 pm.
- 656-027 2:00 PM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, White House operator, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-106, 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/019-106 (accessed October 6, 2026).