Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-072

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 10:25 AM–10:51 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-072 on Tape 25 (tape position 03:10:19–03:10:26)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 10:25 AMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 10:51 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-072 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193767 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Edward L. Morgan. This brief communication served solely as a request to connect the President with a member of his administration. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:51 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-072 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-72

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:25 and 10:51 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 342-12A]

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/30/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-072-w001]
[Duration: 7s]

The President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Edward L. Morgan.

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Also recorded on June 20, 1972

  • 738-002 9:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 10:20 am.
  • 342-011 10:20 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:25 am.
  • 342-012 10:25 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Edward L. Morgan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 11:20 am.
  • 025-073 10:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward L. Morgan talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:54 am.
  • 342-013 11:20 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:26 am.
  • 342-014 11:20 AM · 7 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 11:20 am and 11:26 am.
  • 342-015 11:20 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:26 am.
  • 342-016 11:26 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:26 am to 12:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-072, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193767). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-072 (accessed November 14, 2026).