Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-050
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dan Rather and Media relations
Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:32 PM–2:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic communication through the White House operator to place a call to journalist Dan Rather. This interaction serves as a preliminary administrative step to facilitate direct contact between the President and the media figure. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.
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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 2:32 pm and 2:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-50
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown time between 2:32 and 2:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 343-7]
Request for a call to Dan RatherAlso recorded on June 12, 1972
- 025-049 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia A. Gleason talked on the telephone at 2:32 pm.
- 343-006 2:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia A. Gleason met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:32 pm.
- 343-007 2:32 PM · 33 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 2:32 pm and 2:35 pm.
- 025-051 2:35 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:35 pm.
- 343-008 2:35 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:35 pm.
- 343-009 2:35 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 025-052 2:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dan Rather talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 343-010 2:43 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dan Rather met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-050, 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/025-050 (accessed September 30, 2026).