Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-022

Nixon phone call with Buchanan on H. R. Haldeman and Political Strategy

Monday, July 31, 1972 · 10:26 PM–10:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.Conversation028-022 on Tape 28StartMonday, July 31, 1972 at 10:26 PMEndMonday, July 31, 1972 at 10:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-022 ↗

A 28-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 10:26 pm to 10:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 28-22

Date: July 31, 1972
Time: 10:26-10:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 757-20]

     The President's talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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Hello.
Mr. President.
Yeah.
Mr. Buchanan calling you, sir.
Yeah.
All right.
I just got a Haldeman's rundown.
What's your judgment of the whole thing?
I agree, Ronnie.
All right.
Thank you.
  • 757-014 9:57 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:57 pm and 10:16 pm.
  • 028-021 10:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:16 pm to 10:25 pm.
  • 757-019 10:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:16 pm to 10:25 pm.
  • 757-020 10:26 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 pm to 10:31 pm.
  • 028-023 10:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm.
  • 028-024 10:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm.
  • 757-021 10:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm.
  • 757-022 10:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm.

Conversation 028-022, 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/028-022 (accessed November 1, 2026).