Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-042

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lyndon B. Johnson

Monday, July 24, 1972 · 12:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-042 on Tape 27StartMonday, July 24, 1972 at 12:08 PMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 12:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-042 ↗

A 12-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 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-042 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 27-42

Date: July 24, 1972
Time: 12:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 350-4]

     Request for a call to Lyndon B. Johnson

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

  • 027-041 11:56 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
  • 350-003 11:56 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
  • 027-043 12:08 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 350-004 12:08 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 12:08 pm.
  • 350-005 12:08 PM · 16 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 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 350-006 12:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 350-007 12:08 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Lyndon B. Johnson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:44 pm.
  • 027-044 12:19 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:37 pm.

Conversation 027-042, July 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-042 (accessed November 2, 2026).