Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-091
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on John N. Mitchell and Technical audio issues
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 7:52 PM–7:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engaged in a brief telephone conversation primarily characterized by technical audio issues. Despite the presence of significant background noise and unintelligible segments, the discussion involved logistical coordination regarding a separate call between the President and John N. Mitchell. No substantive policy decisions or actionable directives could be discerned from the recorded transcript.
- H. R. Haldeman
- John N. Mitchell
- White House communications
- Technical audio issues
Audio
NARA Description
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-091 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-91
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: 7:52-7:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[See Conversation No. 344-7]
Haldeman's location
President's call to John N. Mitchell
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/31/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-091-w001]
[Duration: 7m 48s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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Also recorded on June 20, 1972
- 025-090 7:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:36 pm and 7:52 pm.
- 344-007 7:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm.
- 025-092 7:59 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm.
- 344-008 7:59 PM · 20 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 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm.
- 025-093 8:04 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:21 pm.
- 344-009 8:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:04 pm to 8:22 pm.
- 344-010 8:22 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.
- 344-034 8:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.
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- Haldeman phone call on John N. Mitchell June 10, 1972 · 3 min
- Nixon phone call with Haldeman on John N. Mitchell and Walker's Cay August 2, 1972 · 3 min
- Nixon phone call with Ehrlichman on Watergate scandal and Executive privilege April 14, 1973 · 31 min
- Nixon phone call with Petersen on Watergate and H.R. Haldeman April 16, 1973 · 16 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-091, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193805). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-091 (accessed November 14, 2026).