Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 742 › Conversation 742-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House operator

Monday, June 26, 1972 · 10:45 AM–10:59 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation742-009 on Tape 742 (tape position 02:18:13–02:21:42)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 10:45 AMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 10:59 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 742-009 ↗

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative maneuver to connect the President with another party. No policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this administrative bridge.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 742-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 742-9

Date: June 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 10:59 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

          [See Conversation No. 26-6]
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  • 026-005 11:00 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:45 am.
  • 026-006 11:00 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:45 am.
  • 026-007 11:00 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:45 am.
  • 742-011 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:30 am.
  • 742-012 11:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:31 am.
  • 742-013 11:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 12:08 pm.

Conversation 742-009, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/742-009 (accessed September 30, 2026).