Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-021

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 12:20 PM–2:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-021 on Tape 27StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 12:20 PMEndThursday, July 20, 1972 at 2:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to establish a connection with her. No further policy or political developments occurred during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-21

Date: July 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:20 and 2:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 349-5]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on July 20, 1972

  • 748-008 12:03 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm.
  • 748-009 12:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm.
  • 748-010 12:03 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:03 pm on July 20, 1972 and 10:09 am on July 21, 1972.
  • 349-001 12:04 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:04 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 349-002 12:20 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
  • 349-003 12:20 PM · 8 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 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
  • 349-004 12:20 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
  • 349-005 12:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-021, 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/027-021 (accessed October 2, 2026).