Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-039

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Friday, July 21, 1972 · 4:13 PM–11:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation027-039 on Tape 27StartFriday, July 21, 1972 at 4:13 PMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 11:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-039 ↗

This recording consists of a blank segment captured by the White House telephone taping system. Because no audio was preserved, the intended participants, meeting context, and subject matter remain unknown. Consequently, no substantive historical developments or decisions can be attributed to this file.

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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.

The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:13 pm on July 21, 1972 and 11:55 am on July 24, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-039 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 27-39

Date: Unknown between July 21 and July 24, 1972
Time: Unknown
Location: White House Telephone

This portion of the tape appears blank although some telephone calls may have taken place.

     [Unintelligible]
  • 027-036 4:07 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 750-008 4:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 027-037 4:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 750-009 4:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 027-038 4:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 750-010 4:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 750-011 4:13 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 750-012 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.

Conversation 027-039, July 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-039 (accessed October 24, 2026).