Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-014

Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Jim Konstanty and Baseball

Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 1:36 PM–1:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation026-014 on Tape 26 (tape position 00:14:33–00:14:57)StartTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 1:36 PMEndTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 1:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-014 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367396 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:36 pm to 1:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-14

Date: June 27, 1972
Time: 1:36-1:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 743-6E]

     The President’s baseball greats list
          -Jim Konstanty
               -Spelling

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Uh, Ron?
Yes, sir.
Uh, you, uh, Jim Constante, you remember him?
Do you spell his name with a C or a K?
Remember?
The great Philadelphia Phillies pitcher who won 20 games one year.
Right.
I think with a C. But I want to double check.
You better check that.
Let me double check that.
Right.

Also recorded on June 27, 1972

  • 026-011 12:03 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
  • 026-012 12:03 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
  • 026-013 12:03 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
  • 743-007 1:55 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:55 pm to 2:36 pm.
  • 026-015 2:36 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 344-027 2:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 344-028 2:36 PM · 25 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 2:36 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 344-029 2:36 PM · 1 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 2:36 pm and 3:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-014, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367396). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-014 (accessed November 14, 2026).