Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-152

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

Friday, January 28, 1972 · 5:30 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-152 on Tape 19StartFriday, January 28, 1972 at 5:30 PMEndFriday, January 28, 1972 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-152 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Parliament, please.

NARA Description

On January 28, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-152 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-152

Date: January 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:30 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

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.
  • 019-149 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:25 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.
  • 019-153 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 019-152, 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/019-152 (accessed October 12, 2026).