Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-086
Nixon phone call with Rockefeller on 1972 election and Clark MacGregor
Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 4:49 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller discussed the positive reception surrounding Clark MacGregor’s recent activities in support of the 1972 reelection campaign. The President briefly shared his experience inaugurating a new satellite communications station with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The conversation also touched upon administrative logistics and minor technical distractions during the call.
- 1972 election
- Clark MacGregor
- Golda Meir
- Satellite communications
- Campaign strategy
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NARA Description
On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-086 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-86
Date: July 26, 1972
Time: 4:49 pm - 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.
[See Conversation No. 352-2]
Clark MacGregor
The President's conversation with Golda Meir
-Inauguration of Israeli station for satellite communications
1972 election
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's meeting with MacGregor
[Unintelligible]
Aircraft [F-14’s]
-Unknown person
-Grumman Corporation
-Nassau CountyAlso recorded on July 26, 1972
- 352-002 4:49 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:49 pm to 4:59 pm.
- 027-087 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:00 pm.
- 352-003 4:59 PM · 4 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 4:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 027-088 5:00 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 352-004 5:00 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 027-089 5:01 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 027-090 5:01 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
- 352-005 5:01 PM · 7 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 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-086, July 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-086 (accessed October 12, 2026).