Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-109

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 3:35 PM–3:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-109 on Tape 19StartWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 3:35 PMEndWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 3:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Bryce N. Harlow on behalf of Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This administrative interaction was a routine request to facilitate communication between the President's senior staff and Harlow. The operator successfully initiated the process to connect the two parties as directed.

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Would you get Mr. Harlow, please?
Mr. Haldeman will talk to him.
All right, fine.

NARA Description

On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-109

Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 318-3B]

     Request for a call to Bryce N. Harlow for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 656-028 3:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 3:23 pm.
  • 318-001 3:23 PM · 3 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 3:23 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 318-002 3:23 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 3:29 pm.
  • 656-030 3:23 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 019-108 3:29 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:29 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 318-003 3:29 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Bryce N. Harlow, Frank Stanton, and William H. Carruthers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 4:20 pm.
  • 019-110 3:35 PM · 7 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Bryce N. Harlow talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 019-111 3:35 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-109, 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/019-109 (accessed October 12, 2026).