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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rather, DanConversation025-052 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:18:31–02:20:45)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:43 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-052 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193727 ↗

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 Cox

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Hello.
Hello.
How are you?
Well, I got the beauty to know that this is actually a good show.
And I'm happy to do it.
um
It's hard to realize it's a year ago.
I just feel awful old today.
Yeah, I tell you.
You know, I, uh, I think that, I think that, you know, that's why we brought you in here.
So, you know, tonight we're going to get you out of the office and take you out of the party.
We're going to get you out of the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh.
No, I'm not.
Anyway, I've got to get ready because I've got quite a day to go out and play.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I don't know if I, I always watch it.
Okay.
We'll just say, we'll just say that, you know, like, like, okay.
Okay.

Also 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 · 42 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 · 41 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 · 24 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-052, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193727). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-052 (accessed November 14, 2026).