Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-037

Nixon phone call with Reagan on Henry Kissinger and Diplomacy

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 11:28 AM–11:29 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Reagan, Ronald W.Conversation026-037 on Tape 26 (tape position 03:14:51–03:16:05)StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 11:28 AMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 11:29 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-037 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646368011 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan coordinated the logistics of Reagan's upcoming travel and his scheduled meeting with Henry Kissinger. The discussion centered on aligning schedules and determining the conditions under which Reagan should proceed with specific diplomatic or committee-related objectives. Nixon emphasized the necessity of Kissinger’s involvement to ensure the meetings and itineraries were properly managed.

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NARA Description

On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 11:28 am to 11:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-37

Date: July 1, 1972
Time: 11:28-11:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald W. Reagan.

[See Conversation No. 746-16B]
     Reagan's forthcoming trip
          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
          -Schedule
          -The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Kissinger

     Weather
         -Washington, DC
         -California

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Thank you.

Governor Reagan, sir.

Hello.

I just wanted to tell you that I will be in flight when you're meeting with Henry, but I wanted to wish you well on your trip.

And I hope you and Nancy will have time to enjoy it a little and not just work all the time.

Well, thank you very much.

I'm sure we will.

Right.

You'll be leaving when?

Tomorrow afternoon.

Tomorrow afternoon, Sunday afternoon.

Good.

And you're seeing Henry probably this morning sometime?

At noon.

I'm meeting him at San Clemente.

Noon at San Clemente.

Right.

Well, I'll be on my, I leave here at 1 o'clock, which would be 10 o'clock your time, you see.

No, I'll get out there about 5 o'clock.

So, anyway, good luck, and Henry's got all the, I already talked to him about the things that he couldn't fill you in on, and I think you'll find it extremely interesting.

Well, we're looking forward to it.

Fine, fine.

Okay.

Well, all right.

Bye.

Have a good time in California.

Yeah, you bet.

I'm looking forward to two weeks there to get out of this damn place.

It's been raining and it's been hot, both, so it's a good time.

And they say San Clemente this time of year is good.

Well, good.

Yeah.

All right.

Bye, Ron.

Bye.

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

026-034 11:12 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:25 am.
026-035 11:12 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:25 am.
746-012 11:12 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bruce J. Kehrli, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:19 am.
746-013 11:12 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:19 am.
746-014 11:12 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:19 am.
746-016 11:19 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Ronald W. Reagan, Stephen B. Bull, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:19 am to 12:15 pm.
026-036 11:25 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:28 am.
026-038 11:29 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 11:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-037, July 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646368011). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-037 (accessed November 15, 2026).