Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House archives

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 4:02 PM–4:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation027-026 on Tape 27StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 4:02 PMEndThursday, July 20, 1972 at 4:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-026 ↗

A 14-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-026 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 27-26

Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 4:02 pm - 4:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 349-12D]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 10s ]

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 027-027 4:04 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 027-028 4:28 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 4:28 pm.

Conversation 027-026, 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/027-026 (accessed November 8, 2026).