Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-088

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 3:33 PM–4:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-088 on Tape 25 (tape position 03:30:04–03:30:10)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 3:33 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 4:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-088 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193799 ↗

A 7-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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On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-088 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-88

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:33 and 4:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 344-1]

     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

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  • 025-086 3:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm.
  • 025-087 3:30 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Beverly J. Kaye talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm.
  • 342-028 3:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Beverly J. Kaye met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm.
  • 344-001 3:33 PM · 3 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 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 344-002 3:33 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm.
  • 025-089 4:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:16 pm.
  • 344-003 4:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:14 pm.
  • 344-004 4:14 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:35 pm.

Conversation 025-088, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193799). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-088 (accessed November 2, 2026).