Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-021
Nixon phone call with Margiotta on 1972 Presidential Election
Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 3:52 PM–3:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Nassau County Republican leader Joseph M. Margiotta to discuss political strategy and grassroots organizing efforts in the final weeks before the 1972 presidential election. The discussion focused on maximizing voter turnout and solidifying local support within New York. No specific policy decisions were finalized, as the conversation served primarily to coordinate partisan campaign operations.
- 1972 Presidential Election
- Nassau County Republican Committee
- Campaign Strategy
- Voter Turnout
- Political Organizing
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NARA Description
On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph M. Margiotta talked on the telephone from 3:52 pm to 3:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-021
Date: October 24, 1972
Time: 3:52 pm - 3:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Joseph M. Margiotta.
[See Conversation No. 373-15]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/19/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Personal Returnable]
[032-021-w001]
[Duration: 2m 19s]
1972 Campaign
-New York trip
-Margiotta's work
-Polls
-Straw poll
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Suburban areas
-Support for the President
-Eddie O’Neill
-Numbers
-Verification
-Congressional district
-Huntington, Oyster Bay
-Angelo D. Roncallo
-The President's support
-Buffalo
-New York trip
-Rally
-Margiotta's work
-Hecklers
-Interruptions
-The Presidents view
-The President's call
-Appreciation of campaign workers
******************************************************************************Also recorded on October 24, 1972
- 373-014 3:50 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 373-015 3:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph M. Margiotta met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 032-022 3:54 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 373-016 3:54 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 032-023 4:00 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin G. Michaelian talked on the telephone from 4:00 pm to 4:02 pm.
- 373-017 4:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin G. Michaelian met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:02 pm.
- 032-024 4:02 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm.
- 373-018 4:02 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-021, 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/032-021 (accessed October 9, 2026).