Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-024

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

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 2:00 PM–2:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-024 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:48:51–00:48:57)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 2:00 PMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 2:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-024 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192731 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-24

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 318-16]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Ron Ziegler, please.

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 020-023 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 318-014 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 318-015 2:00 PM · 13 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 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 318-016 2:00 PM · 6 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 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 020-025 2:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:06 pm.
  • 318-017 2:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:04 pm to 2:06 pm.
  • 318-018 2:06 PM · 8 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 2:06 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 020-027 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-024, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192731). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-024 (accessed October 30, 2026).