President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney. This brief interaction served as an administrative directive to establish contact with a cabinet member. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this connection.
On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 11:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 26-57 Date: July 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:01 and 11:00 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 746-9A] Request for a call to George W. Romney
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.