Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-051
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Dan Rather and Media relations
Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to determine the current location of journalist Dan Rather. This inquiry serves as a precursor to a planned return call. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this brief administrative 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 2:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-51
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 2:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 343-8]
Dan Rather's location
-Return callAlso 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 025-051, 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/025-051 (accessed September 30, 2026).