Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-015

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jim Konstanty and Billy Graham

Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 2:36 PM–3:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-015 on Tape 26 (tape position 00:14:57–00:15:02)StartTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 2:36 PMEndTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367443 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape (archivists' log): 00:14:57 – 00:15:02

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On June 27, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 26-15

Date: June 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:36 and 3:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 344-28]

     Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

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NixonGet Dr. Billy Graham, if you please.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 026-016 3:11 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 344-030 3:11 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 344-031 3:32 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 344-032 3:32 PM · 1 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 3:32 pm and 3:35 pm.

Conversation 026-015, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367443). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-015 (accessed November 14, 2026).