Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 8:30 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-048 on Tape 11 (tape position 01:14:01–01:14:07)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:30 AMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:30 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-048 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served purely as a logistical request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as its sole purpose was to place an outgoing call.

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Yes, please.
Cigarette, please.
Yes, Mr. Patrick.

NARA Description

On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-048

 Date: October 12, 1971
 Time: 8:30 am
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 288-5]

        Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

  • 288-004 8:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:30 am.
  • 288-005 8:30 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:30 am.
  • 288-006 8:30 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:40 am.
  • 011-049 8:40 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:46 am.
  • 288-007 8:40 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:40 am to 8:46 am.
  • 011-050 8:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
  • 288-008 8:46 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
  • 288-009 8:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-048, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-048 (accessed September 18, 2026).