Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 26 › Conversation 026-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Spiro T. Agnew

Friday, June 30, 1972 · 11:04 AM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation026-027 onTape 26 (tape position 02:00:54–02:01:00)StartFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:04 AMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a call to the White House operator to facilitate a communication with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with the Vice President for further deliberation. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-27

Date: June 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:04 and 11:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 744-5]

     Request for a call to Spiro T. Agnew

Also recorded on June 30, 1972

  • 744-004 11:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:05 am.
  • 744-005 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 744-006 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 744-026 11:05 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.
  • 026-028 11:07 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:15 am.
  • 744-007 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:15 am.
  • 744-008 11:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:15 am.
  • 744-009 11:15 AM — Stephen B. Bull and Vernon C. Coffey, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:26 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-027, June 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-027 (accessed September 18, 2026).