Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-019
Nixon phone call with Buchanan on White House administration
Monday, July 31, 1972 · 9:05 PM–9:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon and aide Patrick J. Buchanan held a brief telephone call that was immediately followed by a period of withdrawn, personal conversation. Due to the minimal duration and the withdrawal of the substantive portion of the call, no specific policy decisions or agenda items were recorded in the available transcript. The interaction primarily serves to document the direct lines of communication between the President and his advisor during this period.
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NARA Description
On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 9:05 pm to 9:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-19 Date: July 31, 1972 Time: 9:05 pm - 9:06 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan. [See Conversation No. 757-8] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 19s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on August 1, 1972
- 028-018 8:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
- 757-007 8:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
- 757-008 9:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 pm to 9:06 pm.
- 757-009 9:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 757-010 9:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 757-011 9:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 757-012 9:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 028-020 9:51 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:51 pm to 9:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-019, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).