Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-032
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on U. Alexis Johnson
Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 8:01 PM–11:00 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs U. Alexis Johnson. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate this high-level communication. No further details regarding the substance of the intended conversation with Johnson were recorded.
- U. Alexis Johnson
- Diplomacy
- White House communications
- Logistics
Audio
Download MP3 (part 1) · 111.9 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 111.6 MB
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:07:58 into the tape and ends around 03:08:04.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 pm and 11:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 26-32
Date: July 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:01 and 11:00 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 746-10]
Request for a call to U. Alexis JohnsonCite this conversation
Conversation 026-032, July 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-032 (accessed October 12, 2026).