Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-017

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Margaretta Rockefeller

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 9:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-017 on Tape 27StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 9:54 AMEndThursday, July 20, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Margaretta “Happy” Rockefeller, the wife of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Governor's spouse. No further political or substantive matters were discussed during this connection.

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Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller, the wife of the governor of New York please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-17

Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 9:54 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 748-3C]

     Request for a call to Margaretta (“Happy”) Rockefeller

Also recorded on July 20, 1972

  • 748-001 9:33 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:33 am.
  • 748-002 9:33 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:45 am.
  • 027-016 9:45 AM · 26 sec — the White House operator, Charles W. Colson, President Richard M. Nixon, and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:53 am.
  • 748-003 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, Margaretta ("Happy") Rockefeller, and Jay Lovestone met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:38 am.
  • 027-018 9:54 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaretta ("Happy") Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 9:54 am to 9:56 am.
  • 027-019 9:56 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:38 am.
  • 027-020 9:56 AM · 17 sec — Charles W. Colson and Jay Lovestone talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:38 am.
  • 748-004 10:38 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 10:59 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-017, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-017 (accessed October 2, 2026).