Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-077

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hugh Scott

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 12:55 PM–1:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-077 on Tape 25 (tape position 03:15:45–03:15:52)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:55 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-077 ↗

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Senator Hugh Scott. This administrative action was intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senate Minority Leader. No further details regarding the purpose or outcome of the requested call were recorded.

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On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-077 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-77

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:55 and 1:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 342-21]

     Request for a call to Hugh Scott
  • 025-075 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:46 pm.
  • 025-076 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 342-018 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:53 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 025-078 12:55 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-019 12:55 PM · 9 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-020 12:55 PM · 20 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-021 12:55 PM · 6 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-022 12:55 PM · 19 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.

Conversation 025-077, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-077 (accessed September 30, 2026).