Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-016

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

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 2:01 PM–2:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-016 on Tape 25 (tape position 01:07:42–01:07:56)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 2:01 PMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 2:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief exchange with the White House operator to clarify the source of a recent incoming call. The operator confirmed that H. R. Haldeman had been attempting to reach the President. This interaction functioned primarily as a procedural check to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff.

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Who is this?
Were you calling?
Oh, Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman was trying to... Oh, that's all right.
I...

NARA Description

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-16

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 728-3]

     Call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on June 6, 1972

  • 025-015 1:42 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:57 pm.
  • 025-017 2:01 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 728-002 2:01 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 728-003 2:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 728-004 2:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 728-005 2:04 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:04 pm to 2:17 pm.
  • 728-006 2:17 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:17 pm.
  • 728-007 2:17 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-016, 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/025-016 (accessed October 9, 2026).