Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-128

Nixon phone call with Daley on Vietnam War and U.S. Conference of Mayors

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 5:05 PM–5:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Daley, Richard J.Conversation025-128 on Tape 25 (tape position 05:16:30–05:17:35)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 5:05 PMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 5:07 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-128 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193879 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this call to personally thank Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley for his public support of the administration's Vietnam War policies during the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Daley reaffirmed his commitment to backing the President's efforts, emphasizing that he prioritized national interests over partisan considerations. Nixon praised Daley's stance, noting the positive television coverage the Mayor's statement received and expressing confidence in the ultimate success of his Vietnam strategy.

  • Vietnam War
  • Richard J. Daley
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors
  • Partisanship
  • Presidential support

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NARA Description

On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-128 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-128

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: 5:05-5:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard J. Daley.

[See Conversation No. 740-7C]

     Greetings

     President's family

     Vietnam
          -Daley's statement to Mayors' Conference
                -Television coverage
          -President's policies
                -Objectives
                -Daley's support
                -Outcome

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Hello.
Mayor Daley, Mr. President.
Hello.
Hello.
Mr. President.
Hello, Mr. Mayor.
How are you?
How are you?
Fine.
How's your family?
Fine.
They're just fine.
Very good.
I just called to tell you that I was most grateful for the statement you made to the mayor's conference on that Vietnam thing.
And incidentally, I don't know whether you know, but our people watch the shows.
They said it got a very good coverage on TV.
well you're nationally you're our president as i told you something well i remember we wrote in the car that day right oh one thing that i know you want pieces more than anyone else i've seen two fellows in there like yourself sure and i think we should stand behind you that's right i heard a lot of things and i just couldn't sit there i just don't well i appreciate let me say
We're doing the right thing, I can assure you, and it's going to come out all right.
But I'll always remember those who put their country above partisanship like yourself on an issue like this.
Thank you.
Good luck and good wishes.
Thank you.
Bye.

Also recorded on June 22, 1972

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  • 025-125 4:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
  • 025-126 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.
  • 740-005 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
  • 740-006 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
  • 025-127 5:02 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 025-129 5:07 PM · 32 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:07 pm on June 22, 1972 and 9:41 am on June 23, 1972.
  • 103-004 5:20 PM — Richard M. Nixon and chief executives of the broadcasting industry, including Charles Batson, Charles Crutchfield, Daniel R. Eaton, John Fetzer, James S. Gilmore, Jr., Larry Israel, John Kluge, Charles S. Mechem, Bill Michaels, John T. Murphy, Ancil Paine, John Poor, Ward Quaal, Leonard Reinsch, Bill Shaw, Reid L. Shaw, Robert Slaughter, Franklin C. Snyder, Egmont Sonderling, E. R. Vadeboncoeur, M. C. Waters, Fred Weber, Robert Wells, Richard Chapin, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter M. Flanigan, John D. Ehrlichman, George W. Romney, Charles W. Colson, Richard A. Moore, Alvin Snyder, Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, Dean Burch, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-128, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193879). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-128 (accessed October 30, 2026).