Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-168
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 12:10 PM–12:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent, substantive conversation between the President and Woods. No policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this brief operational connection.
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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 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-168 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-168
Date: January 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 660-11]
Request for a call to Rose Mary WoodsAlso recorded on January 29, 1972
- 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.
- 019-169 12:10 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-009 12:10 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:10 pm.
- 660-010 12:10 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-011 12:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-012 12:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-013 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 12:15 pm.
- 660-014 12:15 PM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 019-168, 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/019-168 (accessed October 23, 2026).