Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-017

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Monday, July 31, 1972 · 5:54 PM–8:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation028-017 on Tape 28StartMonday, July 31, 1972 at 5:54 PMEndMonday, July 31, 1972 at 8:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-017 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a segment of the White House telephone system, though no audible content was preserved for analysis. Because the tape remains blank or unintelligible, no specific participants, topics, or substantive developments can be identified from this file. The recording serves only as a placeholder in the archival record of the Nixon administration's telephonic communications.

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NARA Description

On July 31, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 5:54 pm and 8:44 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-17

Date: July 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:54 pm and 8:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, conversations may have taken place.

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Also recorded on July 31, 1972

  • 028-013 4:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:06 pm.
  • 028-014 4:07 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 757-003 4:07 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 757-004 4:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 757-005 4:10 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 028-015 5:32 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 757-006 5:38 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:38 pm to 6:40 pm.
  • 028-016 5:44 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:44 pm to 5:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-017, July 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).