Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-040

Haldeman phone call on Clark MacGregor

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 12:16 PM–1:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation026-040 on Tape 26 (tape position 03:16:57–03:17:07)StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 12:16 PMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 1:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-040 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Clark MacGregor. The primary purpose of this brief exchange is to initiate communication with MacGregor, who served as the chairman of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. No further policy discussions or significant strategic decisions occur during this administrative bridge to the requested party.

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Position in tape: 03:16:57 – 03:17:07

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This is Haldeman.
Would you get me Clark McGregor, please?
He's over at 1701 somewhere.
Oh, thank you.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-40

Date: July 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:16 and 1:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 746-17A]

     Request for a call to Clark MacGregor

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

  • 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.
  • 026-039 11:56 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:59 am.
  • 026-041 12:16 PM · 57 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-042 12:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 746-017 12:16 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, unknown person(s), White House operator, Clark MacGregor, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 026-043 1:00 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:00 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 026-044 1:02 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
  • 746-018 1:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-040, July 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-040 (accessed October 2, 2026).