Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-010

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on James O. Eastland

Friday, July 28, 1972 · 12:28 PM–2:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation028-010 on Tape 28StartFriday, July 28, 1972 at 12:28 PMEndFriday, July 28, 1972 at 2:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Senator James O. Eastland. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording.

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Senator Eastman, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 2:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-10

Date: July 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:28 pm and 2:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 756-20A]

     Request for a call to James O. Eastland

Also recorded on July 28, 1972

  • 756-009 11:54 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:56 am.
  • 756-010 11:56 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack D. Maltester, John J. Gunther, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:56 am to 12:09 pm.
  • 028-009 12:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:24 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 756-011 12:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 756-012 12:29 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David J. Mahoney, Jr., Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 756-013 12:55 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 756-014 12:55 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 756-015 1:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-010, July 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-010 (accessed October 23, 2026).