Patrick J. Buchanan engaged in a telephone conversation with an unidentified woman to review and process current wire service reports. The discussion focused on summarizing these news briefings to assist the White House in monitoring the day's media landscape. No specific policy actions or formal decisions resulted from this administrative exchange.
On August 4, 1972, Patrick J. Buchanan and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 29-28
Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 2:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Patrick J. Buchanan talked with an unknown woman.
Assignment
-Wire service reports
[No conversation]
Summary of wire services reportsNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.