Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-149
Nixon phone call with Woods on Social events and Guest list management
Friday, January 28, 1972 · 5:23 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the guest list for an upcoming dinner hosted by DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace. They coordinate final invitations for administration officials and their spouses, including the Secretary of State, while balancing the attendance numbers. Nixon specifically suggests inviting Henry Kissinger to increase the event's prestige, prompting Woods to facilitate the invitation following Kissinger's briefing with POW wives.
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NARA Description
On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-149 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-149
Date: January 28, 1972
Time: 5:23 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
Attendance at DeWitt and Lila (Acheson) Wallace dinner, January 28, 1972
-William P. and Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Herbert G. and Marge Klein
-Melvin R. and Barbara Laird
-Rogers C. B. and Anne Morton
-Robert J. Dole
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Woods
-Prisoners of war [POWs] wives briefing
-Roosevelt Room
-Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) and Betty HughesTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 28, 1972
- 659-023 5:03 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 5:03 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 019-148 5:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:23 pm.
- 019-150 5:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:26 pm.
- 019-151 5:26 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:30 pm.
- 019-152 5:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 019-153 5:33 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:44 pm.
- 019-154 5:49 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:49 pm.
- 019-155 5:49 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 6:08 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-149, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192617). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-149 (accessed November 2, 2026).