Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Friday, October 27, 1972 · 9:06 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-068 on Tape 32StartFriday, October 27, 1972 at 9:06 AMEndFriday, October 27, 1972 at 9:06 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to summon Patrick J. Buchanan for a meeting at the Executive Office Building. This brief exchange serves as an administrative directive to coordinate a direct consultation with a key staff member. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this request.

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Would you ask Pat Buchanan to come to the EOB office, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-068

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 9:06 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 374-10]

        Request for a meeting with Patrick J. Buchanan
           -Executive office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on October 27, 1972

  • 374-006 8:30 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:30 am to 8:45 am.
  • 032-066 8:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 374-007 8:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 374-008 8:45 AM · 9 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 8:45 am and 9:03 am.
  • 032-067 9:03 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:03 am to 9:04 am.
  • 374-009 9:03 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:03 am to 9:04 am.
  • 374-010 9:06 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:06 am.
  • 374-011 9:10 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:10 am to 9:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-068, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-068 (accessed October 9, 2026).