Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-035
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald Ziegler
Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 1:51 PM–1:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
A 6-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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NARA Description
On March 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-35
Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 322-34]
Request for a call to Ronald ZieglerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on March 8, 1972
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- 021-033 12:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:48 pm.
- 021-034 1:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 021-036 1:57 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
- 021-037 1:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 321-021 2:15 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 021-038 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Irwin, II talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 321-022 2:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-035, March 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310070). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-035 (accessed October 30, 2026).