Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-070
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard M. Helms and CIA
Friday, June 16, 1972 · 8:07 AM–12:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-70
Date: June 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:07 am and 12:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with White House operator.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/30/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-070-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
The President picks up the phone.
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Request for a call to Richard M. Helms
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/30/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-070-w002]
[Duration: 2s]
The President hangs up the phone.
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Also recorded on June 16, 1972
- 737-001 8:07 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:37 am.
- 737-002 10:18 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Thomas C. Korologos, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:18 am.
- 737-003 11:18 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:18 am and 11:22 am.
- 737-004 11:22 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Emilio Rabasa Mishkin, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Donald F. Barnes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:26 pm.
- 025-071 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 737-005 12:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 2:38 pm.
- 737-006 12:38 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
- 737-007 12:44 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Vann, John A. Vann, Thomas Vann, Peter Vann, Frank Vann, Eugene Vann, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Mary Jane Vann, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., John K. Andrews, Jr., and Joseph W. Alsop met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:53 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-070, June 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193763). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-070 (accessed November 4, 2026).