Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-066
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Clark MacGregor. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this brief call.
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NARA Description
On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-066 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-66
Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 332-47]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on April 25, 1972
- 023-064 1:39 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 332-043 1:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 332-044 1:39 PM · 18 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 023-065 1:45 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 332-046 1:45 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 332-047 1:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:48 pm.
- 023-067 1:55 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:59 pm.
- 332-048 1:55 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Clark MacGregor, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:55 pm to 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-066, April 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/023-066 (accessed October 9, 2026).