Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-125
Nixon phone call with Ehrlichman on George Wallace assassination attempt
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 9:25 PM–9:27 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon and John Ehrlichman discuss the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Governor George C. Wallace by Arthur Bremer. Nixon expresses intense concern regarding the FBI's handling of the investigation, drawing explicit parallels to the perceived failures of the John F. Kennedy assassination inquiry. The two coordinate efforts to maintain White House oversight of the federal investigation and the subsequent psychiatric and legal proceedings involving Bremer.
- George Wallace assassination attempt
- Arthur Bremer
- FBI
- W. Mark Felt
- JFK assassination investigation
- White House oversight
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-125 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-125
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 9:25 pm - 9:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
[See also Conversation No. 339-14]
Attack on George C. Wallace
-Arthur H. Bremer
-W. Mark Felt's report
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Arraignment
-Custody
-Attorney
-Appointment
-Age
-Mental state
-Writings in apartment
-Secret Service
-Psychiatric exam
-Report
-Surveillance
-The President's concern
-John F. Kennedy assassination investigation
-Handling
-Investigation
-Control
-The President and Felt
-Reports
-Attorney for Bremer
-Felt's opinion
-Interrogation
-Appointment
-Arraignment
-Custody
-Attorney
-AppointmentAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-122 9:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
- 024-123 9:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
- 339-011 9:19 PM · 35 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 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
- 024-124 9:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
- 339-013 9:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
- 339-014 9:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:25 pm to 9:27 pm.
- 024-126 9:29 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:29 pm to 9:35 pm.
- 339-015 9:29 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:29 pm to 9:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-125, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-125 (accessed October 26, 2026).