Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-023
Nixon phone call with Haldeman on White House administration
Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 2:44 PM–2:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engaged in a brief telephone exchange regarding an unidentified matter. Due to the lack of a decipherable transcript, the specific substance of the discussion remains unrecorded. Consequently, no definitive policy decisions or administrative actions can be attributed to this conversation.
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-23
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 2:44 pm - 2:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 349-7A]
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on July 20, 1972
- 349-007 2:06 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 349-008 2:47 PM · 16 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 2:47 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 349-009 2:47 PM · 7 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 2:47 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 349-010 2:47 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 2:47 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 027-024 3:02 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:02 pm to 3:16 pm.
- 349-011 3:02 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:02 pm to 3:16 pm.
- 027-025 3:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 4:02 pm.
- 349-012 3:16 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:16 pm to 5:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-023, 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/027-023 (accessed October 2, 2026).