Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-136

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Friday, June 23, 1972 · 2:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-136 on Tape 25 (tape position 05:50:32–05:50:46)StartFriday, June 23, 1972 at 2:29 PMEndFriday, June 23, 1972 at 2:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-136 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current location of Nelson A. Rockefeller. The President sought to establish contact with Rockefeller to facilitate a return call. This brief administrative interaction served as a coordination step for the President's ongoing communications.

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NARA Description

On June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-136 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-136

Date: June 23, 1972
Time: 2:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 343-36B]

     Call to Nelson A. Rockefeller
           -Rockefeller's whereabouts
           -Return call

Also recorded on June 23, 1972

  • 025-133 1:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm.
  • 025-134 1:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm.
  • 343-036 2:20 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 025-135 2:22 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 741-013 2:56 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Herbert Stein, Edward R. Spiegel, Harry Hogan, Fritz Roland, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 026-001 3:00 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 4:06 pm.
  • 026-002 3:00 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 4:07 pm.
  • 741-014 3:00 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Herbert Stein, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Edward R. Spiegel, Harry Hogan, Fritz Roland, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, Robert H. Finch, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 4:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-136, June 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-136 (accessed October 23, 2026).