Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-016
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joseph M. Margiotta
Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 1:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a call to Joseph M. Margiotta, the Republican chairman of Nassau County, New York. The President instructed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information through Dwight L. Chapin's office to facilitate the communication. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to connect the President with a key regional political figure.
- Joseph M. Margiotta
- Nassau County Republican Committee
- Dwight L. Chapin
- Political communication
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-016
Date: October 24, 1972
Time: 1:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 373-2]
Request for a call to Joseph M. Margiotta
-Position as Nassau County Republican chairman
-Phone number
-Dwight L. Chapin's officeAlso recorded on October 24, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-016, October 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-016 (accessed October 23, 2026).