Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-033

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

Friday, June 4, 1971 · 3:10 PM–3:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation004-033 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:02:51–02:02:57)StartFriday, June 4, 1971 at 3:10 PMEndFriday, June 4, 1971 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-033 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188733 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-33

Date: June 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 512-23]

     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Please.
Segler, please.
Take the trip.

Also recorded on June 4, 1971

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  • 512-020 3:10 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-021 3:10 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-022 3:10 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 512-023 3:10 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 004-034 3:11 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 512-024 3:11 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:11 pm to 3:12 pm.
  • 512-025 3:14 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Henry A. Kissinger, Dwight L. Chapin, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:14 pm to 3:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-033, June 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188733). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-033 (accessed November 11, 2026).