Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-163
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 10:30 AM–10:43 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The call serves as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with the Attorney General regarding pending official business. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange with the operator.
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NARA Description
On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-163 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-163
Date: January 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:43 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 660-8B]
Request for a call to John N. MitchellAlso recorded on January 29, 1972
- 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.
- 019-164 10:43 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 10:43 am to 10:47 am.
- 019-165 10:47 AM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 11:44 am.
- 019-166 10:47 AM · 8 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 11:44 am.
- 019-167 10:47 AM · 37 sec — Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 11:44 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-163, 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/019-163 (accessed October 12, 2026).