Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-112
Nixon phone call with Delaney on Vietnam War and Political support
Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 4:38 PM–4:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
Representative James J. Delaney called President Nixon to offer congratulations following a recent political victory and to express support for the President’s handling of the Vietnam War. The two men also engaged in casual conversation regarding Delaney’s upcoming travel plans to Florida and potential social interactions involving Bebe Rebozo. The call served primarily as a gesture of political solidarity rather than a substantive policy discussion.
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NARA Description
On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and James J. Delaney talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-112 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-112
Date: June 21, 1972
Time: 4:38-4:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with James J. Delaney.
[See Conversation No. 343-27B]
President congratulations in election victory
Vietnam
-Support for President
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/31/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-112-w001]
[Duration: 39s]
Władziu Valentino Liberace
An unknown man
-Statement
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Delaney's schedule
-Vacation
-The Sands Hotel
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Visit
-Water
-Restaurants in Florida
-Food
-Quality
-Possible visit with the PresidentAlso recorded on June 21, 1972
- 025-108 3:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:30 pm.
- 343-021 3:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:30 pm.
- 025-110 3:56 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:56 pm to 3:57 pm.
- 343-025 3:56 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:56 pm to 3:57 pm.
- 343-026 3:57 PM · 2 min — 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 3:57 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 025-111 4:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:38 pm.
- 343-027 4:00 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and James J. Delaney met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 025-113 4:41 PM · 22 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 4:41 pm on June 21, 1972 and 9:40 am on June 22, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-112, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-112 (accessed September 30, 2026).