Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-030

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 5:36 PM–12:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation027-030 on Tape 27StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 5:36 PMEndFriday, July 21, 1972 at 12:07 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-030 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a segment from the White House telephone taping system that remains entirely blank. Although the system was triggered during an interval between July 20 and July 21, 1972, no audible dialogue exists to confirm the participants or the nature of any potential communication. Consequently, there are no documented developments or subject matter to analyze regarding this archival entry.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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

NARA Description

The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:36 pm on July 20, 1972 and 12:07 pm on July 21, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-30

Date: Unknown between July 20 and July 21, 1972
Time: Unknown
Location: White House Telephone

This portion of the tape appears to be blank, although telephone calls may have taken place.

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  • 027-029 5:35 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 349-015 5:35 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-030, 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/027-030 (accessed October 2, 2026).