Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-071

Nixon phone call with Chapin on Personal matters

Friday, October 27, 1972 · 9:52 AM–9:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Chapin, Dwight L.Conversation032-071 on Tape 32StartFriday, October 27, 1972 at 9:52 AMEndFriday, October 27, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-071 ↗

President Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin engaged in a brief telephone conversation regarding personal matters. Due to the withdrawal of the discussion content for security or privacy reasons, no specific policy decisions or political actions were recorded. The exchange serves as a record of administrative communication between the President and his Deputy Assistant.

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Yes sir.

On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 9:52 am to 9:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-071 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-071

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 9:52 am - 9:54 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Dwight L. Chapin.

[See Conversation No. 374-15]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/12/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-071-w001]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

[Duration: 2m]

       The President's schedule
              -Motorcade in Cleveland
                      -Start time
                      -Arrival time in airport
                      -Start time
                      -The President’s lunch preference
                               -Box lunches
                               -Lunch logistics
                                      -Location
                                              -Holiday Inn
                                              -Motel stopover
                                      -Time
                                      -Location
                               -Announcement

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  • 374-012 9:50 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:52 am.
  • 032-069 9:52 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 am.
  • 032-070 9:52 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 am.
  • 374-013 9:52 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:52 am.
  • 374-014 9:52 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:52 am.
  • 374-015 9:52 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:52 am to 9:54 am.
  • 032-072 9:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:05 am.
  • 374-016 9:55 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 11:08 am.

Conversation 032-071, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-071 (accessed September 28, 2026).