Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-123

Nixon phone call with MacGregor on Page Belcher and Tulsa

Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 5:14 PM–5:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); MacGregor, ClarkConversation019-123 on Tape 19StartWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 5:14 PMEndWednesday, January 26, 1972 at 5:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-123 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed Clark MacGregor to contact officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to authorize the finalization of an pending agreement. Nixon clarified that this move followed his meeting with Congressman Page Belcher, who was present during the call. MacGregor committed to immediately instructing the Tulsa parties to proceed with signing the necessary documentation.

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Mr. McGregor, sir.
Good afternoon, Mr. President.
Have you called Tulsa yet and told them that they're to go ahead on that thing?
I have not.
I will call them.
All right.
Well, I'm sitting here with Page, and you call Tulsa and say that the president is meeting with Congressman Belcher and that we've made the decision.
They're to go ahead and they're to sign the papers, okay?
I'll do so immediately, Mr. President.
Bye.
You bet.

NARA Description

On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:14 pm to 5:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-123 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-123

Date: January 26, 1972
Time: 5:14 pm - 5:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

[See Conversation no. 657-1B]

     MacGregor's forthcoming call to Tulsa, Oklahoma
         -The President's meeting with Page Belcher

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  • 019-118 4:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:24 pm.
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  • 019-119 4:36 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:42 pm.
  • 019-120 4:42 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:47 pm.
  • 019-121 4:47 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 4:47 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 657-001 5:05 PM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Page Belcher, White House photographer, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, Hyde H. Murray, Earl L. Butz, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:17 pm.
  • 019-122 5:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 5:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-123, 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/019-123 (accessed October 12, 2026).