Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-028

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

Wednesday, April 7, 1971 · 10:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation001-028 on Tape 1 (tape position 01:08:31–01:08:39)StartWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 10:45 PMEndWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 10:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a connection to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate a direct line of communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Mr. Sigler for me, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 1-28

Date: April 7, 1971
Time: 10:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on April 8, 1971

  • 001-026 10:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:35 pm to 10:37 pm.
  • 001-027 10:38 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 10:38 pm to 10:45 pm.
  • 001-029 10:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:45 pm.
  • 001-030 10:45 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:45 pm.
  • 001-031 10:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:46 pm to 10:48 pm.
  • 001-032 10:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:49 pm to 10:50 pm.
  • 001-033 10:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 10:51 pm to 10:52 pm.
  • 001-034 10:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:52 pm and 11:08 pm.

All 67 conversations from April 8, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 001-028, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-028 (accessed October 9, 2026).