Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan
Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 4:59 PM–5:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate call to aide Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to establish contact between the President and his speechwriter and political strategist. The conversation concluded promptly after the operator acknowledged the President's instructions to place the call.
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NARA Description
On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-87
Date: July 26, 1972
Time: 4:59 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 352-3]
Request for a call to Patrick J. BuchananAlso recorded on July 26, 1972
- 027-086 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:59 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.
- 352-006 5:01 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 an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-087, 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/027-087 (accessed October 1, 2026).