Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-057

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George W. Romney

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 8:01 AM–11:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-057 on Tape 26 (tape position 03:07:49–03:07:58)StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 8:01 AMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 11:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-057 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney. This brief interaction served as an administrative directive to establish contact with a cabinet member. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this connection.

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Position in tape: 03:07:49 – 03:07:58

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No, they're informing people at the present time.
Secretary Romney, please.
Yes, sir.

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 am and 11:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-57

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. 746-9A]

     Request for a call to George W. Romney

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

  • 746-001 8:01 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 8:50 am.
  • 746-002 8:01 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 8:50 am.
  • 746-003 8:50 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 9:45 am.
  • 746-004 9:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:04 am.
  • 746-005 9:45 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:04 am.
  • 746-006 10:04 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:53 am.
  • 746-007 10:04 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:53 am.
  • 746-008 10:04 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Tim Burke, Larry Allen, James Hester, Tillie Barela, Jo Ann Cullen, Marsha Bowen, James H. Falk, William F. Rhatican, Neal Ball, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:05 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-057, 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/026-057 (accessed September 30, 2026).