Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-023
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 10:20 PM–10:37 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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Position in tape (archivists' log): 01:17:07 – 01:17:14
part A, 1:17:07
NARA Description
On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 26-23
Date: June 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:20 and 10:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 27, 1972
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- 026-021 9:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-003 9:10 PM · 47 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-004 9:10 PM · 3 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-005 9:10 PM · 34 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 026-022 9:44 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 345-006 9:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 026-024 10:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:37 pm and 10:39 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 026-023, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367813). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-023 (accessed October 29, 2026).