Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-052
Nixon phone call with Rather on CBS and media relations
Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:43 PM–2:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call with CBS correspondent Dan Rather to express his appreciation for the network's broadcast coverage of Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding. The conversation touched upon the President's personal schedule, specifically his activities aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The exchange served primarily as a professional courtesy between the President and the media figure.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dan Rather talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-52
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 2:43-2:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Dan Rather.
[See Conversation No. 343-10]
Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast of Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding
-President's appreciation
-President's schedule
-Sequoia
-Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on June 12, 1972
- 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.
- 343-010 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.
- 025-053 2:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 025-054 2:45 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 343-011 2:45 PM · 2 min — 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 343-012 2:45 PM · 38 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
- 343-013 2:45 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-052, 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/025-052 (accessed September 30, 2026).