Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Spiro T. Agnew

Friday, June 30, 1972 · 11:04 AM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-027 on Tape 26 (tape position 02:00:54–02:01:00)StartFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:04 AMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-027 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367980 ↗

A 7-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): 02:00:54 – 02:01:00

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NARA Description

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-27

Date: June 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:04 and 11:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 744-5]

     Request for a call to Spiro T. Agnew

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NixonCould you get me the Vice President, please?
OperatorYes, sir.

Also recorded on June 30, 1972

  • 744-004 11:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:05 am.
  • 744-005 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 744-006 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 744-026 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 026-028 11:07 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:15 am.
  • 744-007 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:15 am.
  • 744-008 11:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:15 am.
  • 744-009 11:15 AM — Stephen B. Bull and Vernon C. Coffey, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:26 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-027, June 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367980). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-027 (accessed November 14, 2026).