Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-089
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor and CRP
Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Clark MacGregor, who was serving as the chairman of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to connect the President with his political campaign leadership. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On July 26, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-089 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-89
Date: July 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 352-5]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on July 26, 1972
- 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.
- 027-090 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.
- 027-091 5:10 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-089, 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/027-089 (accessed October 1, 2026).