Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-135
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George Meany and AFL-CIO
Thursday, January 27, 1972 · 2:17 PM–2:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to AFL-CIO President George Meany. This brief exchange served as a logistical directive to facilitate communication between the President and the labor leader. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming the request to connect the two parties.
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NARA Description
On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-135 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-135
Date: January 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 658-16]
-Request for a call to George MeanyAlso recorded on January 27, 1972
- 658-016 2:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 019-136 2:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:20 pm.
- 019-137 2:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 658-017 2:20 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:20 pm.
- 658-018 2:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 658-019 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 019-138 2:23 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 658-020 2:23 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-135, January 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-135 (accessed October 12, 2026).