Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-139

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

Monday, July 5, 1971 · 4:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-139 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:48:07–02:48:15)StartMonday, July 5, 1971 at 4:28 PMEndMonday, July 5, 1971 at 4:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-139 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves strictly as a routine administrative request to connect with a senior staff member. No substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this short exchange.

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Mr. Ziegler, please.
Shirley.

NARA Description

On July 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-139 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-139

Date: July 5, 1971
Time: 4:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 537-4A]

     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on July 5, 1971

  • 537-004 4:03 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler and Stephen B. Bull and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 537-005 6:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:27 pm.
  • 006-140 6:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-141 6:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-142 6:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-143 7:21 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:25 pm.
  • 006-144 7:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm.
  • 006-145 7:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:26 pm to 7:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-139, July 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-139 (accessed October 24, 2026).