Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-013

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on William Rogers

Monday, January 24, 1972 · 3:29 PM–3:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation317-013 on Tape 317 (tape position 01:25:58–01:26:41)StartMonday, January 24, 1972 at 3:29 PMEndMonday, January 24, 1972 at 3:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 317-013 ↗

President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to the wife of Secretary of State William Rogers. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination to facilitate a phone call between the President and Mrs. Rogers. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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This is Rogers, who is the wife of the Secretary of State.

On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 317-013
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 19-46]
  • 019-044 3:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:17 pm and 3:23 pm.
  • 019-045 3:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:29 pm.
  • 317-012 3:23 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:23 pm to 3:29 pm.
  • 019-046 3:29 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 019-047 3:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:32 pm.
  • 317-014 3:32 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:32 pm.
  • 317-015 3:35 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Frank T. Bow, Adele (Langston) Rogers, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, William L. Safire, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 4:20 pm.
  • 019-048 3:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank T. Bow talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:38 pm.

Conversation 317-013, January 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/317-013 (accessed September 26, 2026).