Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-041
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Krol
Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 2:39 PM–3:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Cardinal John Krol. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Cardinal. No further substance of the discussion was recorded as the interaction was limited to the initiation of the requested call.
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NARA Description
On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-41
Date: June 11, 1972
Time: Unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 341-33]
Request for a call to Cardinal John KrolAlso recorded on June 11, 1972
- 025-040 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 341-031 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 025-042 2:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 341-032 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 341-033 2:39 PM · 18 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 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 341-034 2:39 PM · 1 min — 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 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 025-043 3:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.
- 341-035 3:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-041, June 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-041 (accessed September 30, 2026).