Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-024

Nixon phone call with Gleason on 1972 Election and Labor Unions

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 2:24 PM–2:26 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Gleason, Thomas W.Conversation224-024 on Tape 224StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:24 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 224-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called International Longshoremen's Association president Thomas W. Gleason to extend birthday greetings following the 1972 election. Gleason expressed his gratitude for the call and acknowledged the strong support provided to the administration by maritime labor groups. The brief discussion concluded with both parties affirming their commitment to future collaboration throughout the President's second term.

Audio

Download MP3 · 2.1 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

· Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
Fine.
Well, you know, I understand you're having a great storm up there.
Yeah.
I understand that a lot of people couldn't get it.
Well, I just wanted you to know that all the excitement of the election, I just learned from Chuck Colson that your birthday was the day after election, and I wanted to...
I want to tell you that, to congratulate you, tell you that we hope we gave you the birthday present.
Yeah, well.
Yeah, yeah.
You just said it.
Terrific, terrific.
Well, I'll tell you, we, the way our fellows, you know, and all of the maritime groups, of course, that are
and people generally came through it was just great they they were the ones that made the difference and we're most grateful and we look forward to working with you over these next four years for the good of everybody yeah well i appreciate that i agree yeah well yeah well you give the the people in your office that helped with all these things my best too will you
Thank you very much.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 224-24

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 2:24 pm – 2:26 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason.

[See Conversation No. 153-18]

[End of telephone conversation]

Also recorded on November 14, 1972

  • 153-015 2:05 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:05 pm.
  • 153-017 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 224-023 2:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 153-018 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 153-019 2:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 224-025 2:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 153-020 2:40 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 224-026 2:40 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm.

All 56 conversations from November 14, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 224-024, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-024 (accessed October 9, 2026).