Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-054

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on unintelligible audio

Wednesday, June 28, 1972 · 3:59 PM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone · 37 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation026-054 on Tape 26 (tape position 01:24:18–02:00:54)StartWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:59 PMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-054 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646368751 ↗

AI Summary

This recording consists of unintelligible audio featuring an unidentified male caller and a White House operator. Due to low volume and poor sound quality, no substantive discussion, political developments, or action items could be discerned. The exchange remains historically indecipherable.

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Position in tape: 01:24:18 – 02:00:54

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NARA Description

Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:59 pm on June 28, 1972 and 11:07 am on June 30, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-54

Date: June 28-30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:59 pm, June 28, and 11:07 am, June 30, 1972
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown man talked with the White House operator.

     [Unintelligible]

This portion of the tape is unintelligible. Although several conversations appear to be recorded,
they were recorded at low volume and cannot be understood.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Also recorded on June 28, 1972

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  • 346-021 3:35 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:54 pm.
  • 026-050 3:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:54 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 346-027 3:54 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:54 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 026-051 3:59 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:59 pm on June 28, 1972 and 11:07 am on June 30, 1972.
  • 026-052 3:59 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:59 pm on June 28, 1972 and 11:07 am on June 30, 1972.
  • 026-053 3:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:59 pm on June 28, 1972 and 11:07 am on June 30, 1972.
  • 346-028 3:59 PM · 22 sec — 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 3:59 pm and 4:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-054, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646368751). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-054 (accessed November 15, 2026).