Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-013
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 9:18 AM–9:20 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The purpose of the call is to establish a direct line of communication with the Secretary for an unstated objective. The interaction concludes immediately after the operator acknowledges the request to place the call.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-13
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:18 and 9:20 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 711-2]
Request for a call to William P. RogersAlso recorded on April 18, 1972
- 711-001 9:18 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 711-002 9:18 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 023-014 9:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:20 am to 9:23 am.
- 711-003 9:20 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:02 am.
- 023-015 9:23 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am.
- 023-016 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:27 am.
- 023-017 9:55 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 9:56 am.
- 711-004 10:02 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:58 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-013, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).