Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-092

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 7:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-092 on Tape 23StartWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 7:37 PMEndWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 7:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-092 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to locate H. R. Haldeman. Upon learning that Haldeman was currently occupied in a briefing in the Roosevelt Room, the President instructed the operator not to interrupt the meeting. No further action was taken regarding the call.

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Mr. Holloman's in a briefing in the Roosevelt Room.
Shall I call him there?
No.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-092 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-92

Date: April 26, 1972
Time: 7:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 333-41]

     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Location

Also recorded on April 27, 1972

  • 023-090 7:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:07 pm to 7:10 pm.
  • 023-091 7:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 333-039 7:10 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 333-040 7:10 PM · 7 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 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 023-093 7:37 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 8:20 pm.
  • 333-041 7:37 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:37 pm.
  • 333-042 7:37 PM · 10 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 7:37 pm and 8:20 pm.
  • 333-043 7:37 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 8:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-092, April 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/023-092 (accessed October 9, 2026).