Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-078

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joseph Trerotola

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 12:55 PM–1:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-078 on Tape 25 (tape position 03:15:52–03:16:12)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:55 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-078 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193779 ↗

A 21-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-78

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. 342-22]

     Request for a call to Joseph Trerotola

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So beautiful.
I got it.

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  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-078, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193779). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-078 (accessed October 29, 2026).