Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-137

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Technical recording issues

Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 9:33 AM–10:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-137 on Tape 25 (tape position 01:09:44–01:09:49)StartSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 9:33 AMEndSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-137 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon engaged in a brief, low-quality telephone exchange with a White House operator. The recording is characterized primarily by technical noise and muffled background conversation, rendering the substantive content unintelligible. No formal decisions or significant policy developments were captured during this communication.

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NARA Description

On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-137 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-137

Date: June 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/25/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-137-w001]
[Duration: 6s]

[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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Also recorded on June 10, 1972

  • 025-018 9:04 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-001 9:04 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-002 9:04 AM · 37 sec — 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 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 025-019 9:32 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:32 am to 9:33 am.
  • 341-006 9:32 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:32 am to 9:33 am.
  • 025-020 9:33 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-007 9:35 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-008 9:35 AM · 19 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 9:35 am and 10:52 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-137, June 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-137 (accessed October 9, 2026).