Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Vito Marzullo

Tuesday, July 25, 1972 · 5:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-052 on Tape 27StartTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 5:18 PMEndTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 5:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-052 ↗

A 25-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-52

Date: July 25, 1972
Time: 5:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 753-4]

     Request for a call to Vito Marzullo

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Could you get me Mr. Vito Marzullo in Chicago, please?
He's an alderman in Chicago.
Vito, V-I-T-O, M-A-R-Z-U-L-L-O.
Two words.
In Chicago?
Yeah.
All right, sir.

Also recorded on July 25, 1972

  • 104-012 5:13 PM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:13 pm on July 25, 1972 and 1:50 pm on July 28, 1972.
  • 027-051 5:14 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, James H. Rademacher, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 5:14 pm to 5:17 pm.
  • 753-003 5:14 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James H. Rademacher met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:14 pm to 5:17 pm.
  • 753-004 5:17 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 027-053 5:19 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Vito Marzullo talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 753-005 5:19 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Vito Marzullo met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 753-006 5:21 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 027-054 5:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-052, July 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-052 (accessed November 5, 2026).