Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-032
Nixon, Eisenhower & Ziegler on Press coverage and Media relations
Sunday, June 13, 1971 · 8:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 58 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinated with Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to secure copies of AP and UPI news coverage for Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The discussion also touched upon a recently aired ABC-TV news special regarding Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding. Nixon expressed satisfaction with the television coverage, and Ziegler committed to facilitating the delivery of the requested press clippings.
- Tricia Nixon Cox wedding
- Press coverage
- Media relations
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Ronald Ziegler
- Television specials
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1971, the White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, President Richard M. Nixon, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at 8:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-32
Date: June 13, 1971
Time: 8:35 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
Ronald L. Ziegler's call to the President
The President talked with Ziegler between 8:35 am and 8:36 am.
Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding
-United Press International [UPI] and Associated Press [AP] news stories for Julie
Nixon Eisenhower
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]-TV news special
-Frank Reynolds and Virginia SherwoodAlso recorded on June 13, 1971
- 256-031 8:10 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Manolo Sanchez, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Carol (Crothers) Finch, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 12:42 pm.
- 005-033 8:36 AM · 32 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Ann Davis talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:56 am.
- 005-034 8:36 AM · 1 min — Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:56 am.
- 005-035 8:36 AM · 27 sec — unknown person(s) and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:56 am.
- 005-036 8:36 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:56 am.
- 005-037 9:56 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 10:03 am.
- 005-038 10:04 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:04 am.
- 005-039 10:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:05 am to 10:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-032, June 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-032 (accessed October 12, 2026).