Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-067
Nixon phone call with Ziegler
Monday, April 12, 1971 · 5:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to facilitate a telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon. This brief communication served primarily as a request for administrative assistance in connecting the President with a family member. No policy matters or significant political developments were addressed during the exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-067 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-67
Date: April 12, 1971
Time: 5:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President conferred with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Schedule
The President talked with the White House operator at 5:35 pm.
[See Conversation No. 477-14A]
Call to Tricia NixonAlso recorded on April 12, 1971
- 477-011 3:37 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Maurice H. Stans, and James T. Lynn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:37 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 477-012 4:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 477-013 4:30 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Victor Lasky, Patricia (Pratt) Lasky, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 5:22 pm.
- 477-014 5:23 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Steven Baker, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Fredrick C. LaRue met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 001-068 5:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:34 pm to 5:36 pm.
- 001-069 6:20 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 6:20 pm to 6:21 pm.
- 001-070 6:21 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:21 pm to 6:22 pm.
- 001-071 6:22 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-067, April 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-067 (accessed October 12, 2026).