Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-047

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on James L. Buckley

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 1:33 PM–2:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-047 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:17:05–02:17:15)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 1:33 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:32 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator James L. Buckley. The brief exchange serves as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are addressed in this short segment.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-47

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown time between 1:33 and 2:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 343-4]

     Request for a call to James L. Buckley

Also recorded on June 12, 1972

  • 025-048 1:33 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-001 1:33 PM · 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-002 1:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-003 1:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-004 1:33 PM · 21 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-005 1:33 PM · 28 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 025-049 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia A. Gleason talked on the telephone at 2:32 pm.
  • 025-050 2:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-047, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-047 (accessed October 12, 2026).