Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-147

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joanne Goldwater Ross

Friday, January 28, 1972 · 1:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-147 on Tape 19StartFriday, January 28, 1972 at 1:35 PMEndFriday, January 28, 1972 at 1:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-147 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding a previously requested telephone call to Joanne Goldwater Ross. Upon learning that the operator was unable to reach her, the President decided against further attempts. He concluded the brief exchange by instructing the operator to drop the matter.

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Operator, were you able to get that Goldwater call?
No, sir.
I couldn't get an answer on that, sir.
I see.
I'm calling you back to tell you.
Did you want us to try it a little later?
No, I think that's okay.
Let it go.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-147 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-147

Date: January 28, 1972
Time: 1:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     The President's call to Joanne Goldwater Ross

Also recorded on January 28, 1972

  • 659-005 12:21 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Myles J. Ambrose, John N. Mitchell, Paul A. Volcker, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Mark W. Alger, John J. Caulfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Elaine (Miller) Ambrose, Myles J. Ambrose, Jr., Kevin Ambrose, Elise Ambrose, Nora Ambrose, Kathleen Ambrose, and Christopher Ambrose met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 659-006 12:34 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, Max M. Fisher, Yitzhak Rabin, Jeremiah Kaplan, Herbert Stein, Lawrence Y. Goldberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 1:21 pm.
  • 659-007 1:21 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 019-146 1:24 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 659-008 1:35 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:35 pm.
  • 659-009 1:35 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:24 pm.
  • 659-010 2:24 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:24 pm to 2:51 pm.
  • 659-011 2:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-147, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-147 (accessed October 25, 2026).