Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-045
Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Watergate and Press relations
Wednesday, August 2, 1972 · 2:33 PM–2:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler discuss the management of media communications regarding the Watergate scandal. The conversation focuses on coordinating official statements and briefings, specifically those delivered by Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren. This exchange serves to reinforce the White House strategy of directing all relevant spokespersons to adhere to a unified messaging approach.
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NARA Description
On August 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-45
Date: August 2, 1972
Time: 2:33pm - 2:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
[See Conversation No. 352-22]
Watergate
-Statements for press
-Gerald L. Warren's briefing
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[Duration: 1m 46s ]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on August 2, 1972
- 352-017 1:19 PM · 8 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 1:19 pm and 2:33 pm.
- 352-018 1:19 PM · 6 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 1:19 pm and 2:33 pm.
- 352-022 2:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:33 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 028-046 2:36 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on August 2, 1972 and 8:10 pm on August 3, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 352-023 2:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 352-024 2:36 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 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 352-025 2:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:53 pm.
- 352-026 2:53 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, Marjorie P. Acker, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 5:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-045, August 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-045 (accessed October 14, 2026).