Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-032

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on U. Alexis Johnson

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 8:01 PM–11:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-032 on Tape 26 (tape position 03:07:58–03:08:04)StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 8:01 PMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 11:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-032 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367990 ↗

A 7-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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Position in tape (archivists' log): 03:07:58 – 03:08:04

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NARA Description

On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 pm and 11:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-32

Date: July 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:01 and 11:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 746-10]

     Request for a call to U. Alexis Johnson

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

  • 026-040 12:16 PM · 12 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-041 12:16 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-043 1:00 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:00 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 026-044 1:02 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
  • 746-018 1:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
  • 026-058 1:05 PM · 23 min — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 11:59 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 746-019 1:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Bruce A. Kehrli met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:08 pm.
  • 746-020 1:08 PM · 12 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on July 1, 1972 and 9:06 am on July 19, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-032, July 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367990). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-032 (accessed November 13, 2026).