Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-033
Nixon phone call with Ehrlichman on White House administration
Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 3:26 PM–3:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman engaged in a brief telephone consultation regarding internal administration matters. The recording consists primarily of unintelligible segments, yielding no verifiable policy decisions or specific substantive developments. Consequently, the nature of their discussion remains undocumented due to the poor audio quality of the transcript.
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NARA Description
On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:26 pm to 3:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-33
Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 3:26 pm - 3:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone
John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 351-16B]
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on August 1, 1972
- 028-031 2:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 351-011 2:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 351-012 2:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 351-013 2:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 351-014 3:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:04 pm.
- 028-032 3:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 351-015 3:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm.
- 351-016 3:05 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-033, 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/028-033 (accessed October 11, 2026).