Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-066

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

Monday, April 16, 1973 · 3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation038-066 on Tape 38StartMonday, April 16, 1973 at 3:25 PMEndMonday, April 16, 1973 at 3:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-066 ↗

An 11-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 April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-66

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 427-4]

     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler [?]

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Also recorded on April 16, 1973

  • 038-067 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 427-003 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
  • 427-004 3:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
  • 427-005 3:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 427-006 3:27 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:27 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 038-068 4:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:04 pm.
  • 038-069 4:04 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 427-007 4:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-066, April 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-066 (accessed November 4, 2026).