Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-039

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 5:26 PM–9:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation028-039 on Tape 28StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:26 PMEndWednesday, August 2, 1972 at 9:33 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-039 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a telephone connection between participants that yielded no audible content. Due to the blank nature of the audio file, it is impossible to determine the context, subjects discussed, or any resulting actions. The recording remains an archival fragment with no identifiable historical substance.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:26 pm on August 1, 1972 and 9:33 am on August 2, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-39

Date: Unknown between August 1 and 2, 1972
Time: Unknown
Location: White House Telephone

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

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  • 758-021 5:21 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:22 pm.
  • 758-022 5:22 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-039, 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/028-039 (accessed October 12, 2026).