Nixon White House TapesTape 5 › Conversation 005-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 2:21 PM–8:35 AM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)];  Nixon, Edward C.Conversation005-027 onTape 5 (tape position 00:33:10–00:33:19)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 2:21 PMEndSunday, June 13, 1971 at 8:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-027 ↗

Edward C. Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation with an unidentified individual, the substance of which remains inaccessible due to the withdrawal of the recording for personal reasons. Because no transcript exists and the audio content was restricted, the specific topics and outcomes of the call cannot be determined. This interaction represents a private communication involving the President's brother during the early summer of 1971.

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

Unknown person(s) and Edward C. Nixon talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-27

Date: Unknown between June 12 and June 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:21 pm, June 12 and 8:35 am, June 13, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown man talked with Edward C. Nixon.

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  • 256-030 2:09 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 005-025 2:21 PM · 2 min — the White House operator and Edward C. Nixon talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-026 2:21 PM · 1 min — Edward C. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-028 2:21 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-029 2:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-030 2:21 PM · 11 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-031 2:21 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.

Conversation 005-027, June 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-027 (accessed September 18, 2026).