Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-023

Nixon phone call with McClure on 1972 elections and Political endorsements

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 10:28 AM–10:29 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); McClure, James A.Conversation033-023 on Tape 33StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:28 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:29 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called James A. McClure to offer a final endorsement and encouragement for his Idaho Senate campaign ahead of the 1972 election. Nixon expressed regret over his inability to visit Idaho while emphasizing the necessity of electing Republicans who supported his foreign policy and economic agenda. McClure confirmed the effectiveness of the President's endorsement in local advertisements and noted that Secretary George Romney had recently provided additional campaign support.

1972 elections
James A. McClure
Political endorsements
Idaho Senate race
George W. Romney
Republican party politics

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Sure, Mr. President.

You are.

Hello.

Hello, Jim.

Yes, Mr. President.

I just called to wish you the very best on Tuesday.

I urge you to work right up to the last time and to say that I'm sorry I can't get to Idaho.

But when you go around these next two days, would you express my appreciation for the support Idaho people have given me in the past years?

And also tell them that I told you that we need you in that Senate.

We need our Republicans who are running for the House and the Senate in the House.

And I look forward to working with you in these next four years.

Well, thank you very much.

I think it's going well.

And as a matter of fact, I'm looking at a paper right now with a half-page ad with your very kind letter of endorsement.

Ah, you go today.

You can point out that I've...

One of the reasons that I know from the work that we've had together in the House, how strongly you have supported the administration in working for peace with honor, not surrender, a strong America, not a weak America, also working for an economy that will provide full employment without inflation and without war.

All this means a great deal to Idaho, to all of us.

Well, it certainly does, and I appreciate that, of course.

Secretary Romney was here last night and gave a rousing pitch for the... Great, isn't he?

Yes, he did a very, very good job.

Great.

We'll pull them all together and win, okay?

We're planning to do that.

All right, and we'll see you in January.

All right, thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and James A. McClure talked on the telephone from 10:28 am to 10:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-23

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: 10:28 am - 10:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with James A. McClure.

[See Conversation No. 389-11N]

       Greetings

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       1972 elections
            -McClure's campaign
                   -The President’s schedule
                         -Idaho
                   -Support for the President
                   -Prospects
                   -Letter of endorsement from the President
                         -Newspaper advertisement
            -McClure
                   -Support for the President's foreign and economic policies
                   -George W. Romney's visit

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Also recorded on November 4, 1972

033-020 10:17 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. MacIver talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:19 am.
033-021 10:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:28 am.
033-022 10:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert Hirsch talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:28 am.
033-024 10:30 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith talked on the telephone from 10:30 am to 10:33 am.
033-025 10:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:34 am to 10:36 am.
033-026 10:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:41 am.
389-012 10:36 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Dole, William Mills, Gordon L. Allott, and James D. ("Mike") McKevitt met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 11:00 am.
033-027 10:41 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:44 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-023, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-023 (accessed October 10, 2026).