Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Thursday, May 20, 1971 · 7:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-096 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 003-096
Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 7:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; background noise can be heard in the
original recording.
Call to Ronald L. Ziegler
Call to Herbert G. KleinTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on May 20, 1971
- 003-097 7:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone from 7:46 pm to 7:50 pm.
- 003-098 7:50 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:50 pm and 7:52 pm.
- 003-099 7:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:52 pm.
- 003-100 7:53 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:53 pm.
- 003-101 7:53 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 pm and 7:59 pm.
- 003-102 7:59 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 7:59 pm to 8:00 pm.
- 003-214 8:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:00 pm and 8:11 pm.
- 003-103 8:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:12 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-096, May 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188431). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-096 (accessed November 1, 2026).