Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-080
Nixon phone call with Zion on Indiana and Birthday
Saturday, September 18, 1971 · 10:51 AM–10:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon called Congressman Roger H. Zion to offer birthday greetings and encourage him to mention the President’s well-wishes during his upcoming speaking engagements in Indiana. The conversation also touched upon Zion reaching his fiftieth birthday, with Nixon jokingly remarking on his youthful appearance and expressing a playful frustration with the younger generation. The exchange served primarily as a gesture of political camaraderie and personal rapport between the two men.
- Roger H. Zion
- Indiana
- Birthday
- Political Outreach
- Generational attitudes
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NARA Description
On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Roger H. Zion talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-080 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-80
Date: September 18, 1971
Time: 10:51 am - 10:54 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Roger H. Zion.
[See Conversation No. 576-6A]
Zion's birthday
-Work
-Speaking engagements
-Age
-Younger generation
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/03/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[009-080-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
Indiana
-Roger H. Zion’s meeting with Republican women
-City election
*****************************************************************Also recorded on September 18, 1971
- 009-074 10:01 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 am.
- 009-076 10:05 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:05 am.
- 009-077 10:05 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:05 am.
- 009-078 10:05 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:39 am.
- 576-005 10:05 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:40 am.
- 009-079 10:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:39 am to 10:40 am.
- 576-006 10:40 AM · 3 hr 22 min — Stephen B. Bull, John N. Mitchell, Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon, Roger H. Zion, Charles E. Wiggins, Howard Russell, Ronald L. Ziegler, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:40 am to 2:05 pm.
- 009-081 11:05 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles E. Wiggins talked on the telephone at 11:05 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-080, September 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-080 (accessed October 1, 2026).