President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters at the CIA. This request reflects the President's direct engagement with the intelligence community during the post-Watergate period. No further discussion or substantive content was recorded beyond the initial placement of the call.
On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:26 pm and 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-101 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 25-101 Date: June 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:26 and 12:28 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 739-6B] Request for a call to Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
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