Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-082
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas H. Moorer
Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 2:07 PM–2:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, then serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and military leadership. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.
- Thomas H. Moorer
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- White House communications
- military affairs
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NARA Description
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-082 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-82
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:07 and 2:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 333-17]
Request for a call to Thomas H. MoorerAlso recorded on April 26, 1972
- 023-080 1:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 023-081 1:45 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 2:07 pm.
- 333-016 1:45 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 2:07 pm.
- 333-017 2:07 PM · 4 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 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
- 023-083 2:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 333-018 2:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:08 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 333-019 2:12 PM · 5 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 2:12 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 333-020 2:12 PM · 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 2:12 pm and 3:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-082, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-082 (accessed October 9, 2026).