Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-049

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond A. Gallagher

Tuesday, July 25, 1972 · 10:57 AM–11:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-049 on Tape 27StartTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 10:57 AMEndTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 11:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-049 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Raymond A. Gallagher, the former commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The President provided identifying details about Gallagher to ensure the operator could locate the correct contact information. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication with the former veteran organization leader.

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Mr. Ray Gallagher, please?
He's the former commander of the BFW.
I think you have his number.
Mr. President, was that Ray Gallagher?
Ray Gallagher, yeah.
Former commander of the Veterans of Foreign War.
All right.
Thank you.
Fine.

NARA Description

On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-049 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-49

Date: July 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:57 am and 11:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 752-15]

     Request for a call to Raymond A. Gallagher

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  • 198-006 10:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:09 am to 10:18 am.
  • 198-007 10:18 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 10:31 am.
  • 752-007 10:36 AM · 21 min — Stephen B. Bull, Frank C. Coleman, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, Arthur F. Sampson, Darrell M. Trent, Donald H. Rumsfeld, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:57 am.
  • 752-008 10:57 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Raymond A. Gallagher met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:12 am.
  • 752-015 10:57 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:00 am.
  • 027-050 11:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond A. Gallagher talked on the telephone from 11:00 am to 11:03 am.
  • 752-009 11:14 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 1:33 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-049, July 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-049 (accessed October 12, 2026).