Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-008

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Cardinal Krol

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 9:21 AM–9:58 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-008 on Tape 25 (tape position 00:30:13–00:30:23)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:21 AMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:58 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to John Cardinal Krol in Philadelphia. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and the high-ranking Catholic official. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this administrative interaction.

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Cardinal Kroll, K-R-O-L, in Philadelphia, please?
Yes, Mr. President.
Thank you.
Surely.

NARA Description

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-8

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:21 am and 9:58 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 340-14]

     Request for a call to John Cardinal Krol

Also recorded on June 6, 1972

  • 340-007 9:20 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:21 am.
  • 340-008 9:21 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-009 9:21 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-010 9:21 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-011 9:21 AM · 3 min — 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 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-012 9:21 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-013 9:21 AM · 1 min — 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 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-014 9:21 AM · 54 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 9:21 am and 9:58 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-008, June 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).