Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-054

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jacob K. Javits

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:45 PM–2:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-054 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:20:53–02:21:05)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:45 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-054 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current whereabouts of Senator Jacob K. Javits. This brief administrative inquiry served to facilitate immediate executive contact with the Senator. No further substantive policy matters or secondary actions were recorded during this communication.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-54

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:45 and 2:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 343-13]

     Location of Jacob K. Javits

Also recorded on June 12, 1972

  • 025-052 2:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dan Rather talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 343-010 2:43 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dan Rather met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 025-053 2:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 343-011 2:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 343-012 2:45 PM · 38 sec — 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 343-013 2:45 PM · 21 sec — 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 025-055 2:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.
  • 343-014 2:52 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-054, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-054 (accessed October 18, 2026).