Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-010

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 12:05 AM–12:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-010 on Tape 32StartTuesday, October 24, 1972 at 12:05 AMEndTuesday, October 24, 1972 at 12:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-010 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator shortly after midnight to request a phone connection with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a late-night communication between the President and his top diplomat. No further substantive discussion occurred during this specific exchange as the operator acted to place the requested call.

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Yes, sir.
Secretary Rogers please.
Yes, sir.

On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:05 am and 12:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-010

Date: October 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:05 am and 12:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for a call to William P. Rogers.
  • 806-001 11:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 pm and 11:35 pm.
  • 806-002 11:35 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 pm on October 23, 1972 to 12:05 am on October 24, 1972.
  • 032-011 12:10 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 12:10 am to 12:17 am.
  • 032-012 12:17 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 am and 12:18 am.
  • 032-013 12:17 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:17 am to 12:29 am.
  • 806-003 8:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:49 am.
  • 806-004 8:49 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 8:58 am.
  • 806-005 8:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 8:59 am.

Conversation 032-010, October 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).