Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-025

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephony

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 3:16 PM–4:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-025 on Tape 27StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 3:16 PMEndThursday, July 20, 1972 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, unintelligible telephone conversation with a White House operator. The exchange was captured by the White House taping system but contains no discernible dialogue or substantive policy content. Consequently, no specific actions or decisions were recorded.

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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 3:16 pm and 4:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-25

Date: July 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with an unknown person (White House operator).

[See Conversation No. 349-12C]

     [Unintelligible]

Also recorded on July 20, 1972

  • 027-023 2:44 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:45 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.
  • 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.
  • 027-026 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-025, 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/027-025 (accessed October 2, 2026).