Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-011
Nixon phone call with Eastland on President pro tempore of the Senate
Friday, July 28, 1972 · 2:08 PM–2:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon calls Senator James O. Eastland to formally congratulate him on his recent election as President pro tempore of the Senate. The two men coordinate logistics for Eastland to join the President aboard Air Force One for travel to Louisiana. The primary purpose of the trip is to attend the funeral of Senator Allen J. Ellender, and the President directs his staff to finalize the travel arrangements with Eastland’s office.
- James O. Eastland
- President pro tempore of the Senate
- Air Force One
- Allen J. Ellender
- Funeral arrangements
- Louisiana
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NARA Description
On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and James O. Eastland talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-11
Date: July 28, 1972
Time: 2:08 pm - 2:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with James O. Eastland.
[See Conversation No. 756-20B]
Congratulations on election as President pro tem of the Senate
The President's trip to Louisiana
-Allen J. Ellender's funeral
-Eastland on Air Force One
-ArrangementsAlso recorded on July 28, 1972
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- 756-020 1:57 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and James O. Eastland met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:57 pm to 2:09 pm.
- 028-012 2:09 PM · 11 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 2:09 pm on July 28, 1972 and 4:06 pm on July 31, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 756-021 2:09 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George R. S. Baring, Sir Burke Trend, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:09 pm to 2:42 pm.
- 756-022 2:42 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:42 pm and 2:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-011, 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/028-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).