Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-051

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

Tuesday, December 12, 1972 · 9:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-051 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 9:57 AMEndTuesday, December 12, 1972 at 9:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-051 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to summon Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to the Oval Office. This administrative instruction serves as a precursor to a scheduled meeting between the two men. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Have Ziegler come to my office, please.
Yes, thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-51

Date: December 12, 1972
Time: 9:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 820-4]

       Request for a meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on December 12, 1972

  • 820-001 9:50 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
  • 820-002 9:50 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
  • 820-003 9:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
  • 820-025 9:50 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
  • 820-026 9:50 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
  • 820-004 9:57 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:57 am.
  • 820-005 9:57 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:57 am to 10:21 am.
  • 820-006 10:21 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:39 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-051, December 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-051 (accessed October 18, 2026).