Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-056

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Jack D. Maltester

Tuesday, July 25, 1972 · 5:25 PM–5:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-056 on Tape 27StartTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 5:25 PMEndTuesday, July 25, 1972 at 5:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-056 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Jack D. Maltester, the mayor of San Leandro, California. The exchange focuses on providing the operator with the correct spelling of the mayor's name and the specific city to ensure the connection is established. This interaction reflects the administrative process involved in the President's outreach to local political officials.

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Jack D. Maltester, the mayor of San Leandro, California, please.
Maltester.
Maltester.
San what again?
Maltester.
M-A-L-T-E-S-T-E-R. No, I wanted the city again.
San Leandro.
San Leandro, California.

NARA Description

On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-056 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-56

Date: July 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 753-8A]

     Request for a call to Jack D. Maltester

Also recorded on July 25, 1972

  • 027-052 5:18 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm.
  • 027-053 5:19 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Vito Marzullo talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 753-005 5:19 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Vito Marzullo met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 753-006 5:21 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 027-054 5:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:22 pm.
  • 027-055 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 753-007 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 753-008 5:27 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Mrs. George E. Mock, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Jack D. Maltester, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Patrick J. Buchanan, Henry A. Kissinger, United States Secret Service agents, and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:27 pm to 6:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-056, 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/027-056 (accessed October 12, 2026).