Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-160
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham
Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 8:50 AM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon tasked the White House operator with initiating a phone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The two consulted on the likely location of Graham's accommodations, ultimately identifying the Madison Hotel as the site where he was staying. This interaction served as the administrative logistical step required to connect the President with his advisor.
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NARA Description
On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-160 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-160
Date: January 29, 1972
Time: 8:50 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 660-5]
Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Embassy Row Hotel
-Madison HotelAlso recorded on January 29, 1972
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- 660-004 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
- 660-005 8:50 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:50 am.
- 660-006 8:50 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:00 am.
- 660-007 9:00 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, DeWitt Wallace, and Lila (Acheson) Wallace met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 9:04 am.
- 019-161 9:05 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
- 019-162 9:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:05 am to 9:08 am.
- 660-008 9:05 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Stephen B. Bull, Barbara H. Franklin, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Marina von Neumann Whitman, White House photographer, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), White House operator, John N. Mitchell, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 12:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-160, January 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-160 (accessed October 12, 2026).