Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-055

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

Monday, November 1, 1971 · 2:30 PM–2:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-055 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:04:01–02:04:08)StartMonday, November 1, 1971 at 2:30 PMEndMonday, November 1, 1971 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-055 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190325 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-055

Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 302-30]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Mr. Ziegler, please.
Mr. Ziegler.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 1, 1971

  • 013-054 2:29 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 302-027 2:29 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 302-028 2:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 302-029 2:30 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 302-030 2:30 PM · 5 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 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
  • 013-056 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-031 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-032 2:54 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Melvin R. Laird, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-055, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190325). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-055 (accessed November 1, 2026).