Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-064
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Friday, September 17, 1971 · 4:32 PM–7:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a routine telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served exclusively as a connection request for administrative communication between the President and his press staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 7:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-064 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-64
Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:32 pm and 7:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on September 17, 1971
- 076-001 2:30 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including John G. Tower, Wallace F. Bennett, William Proxmire, Allen J. Ellender, Milton R. Young, John J. Sparkman, Norris Cotton, Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Jacob K. Javits, Herman E. Talmadge, Jack R. Miller, Robert C. Byrd, Hugh Scott, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Wright Patman, George H. Mahon, Frank T. Bow, William L. Springer, Albert H. Quie, William R. Poage, Page Belcher, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford, Carl B. Albert, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Charls E. Walker, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and John B. Connally [?], met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 4:24 pm.
- 575-003 2:32 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:37 pm.
- 076-002 4:24 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
- 575-004 4:24 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Warren E. Burger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:24 pm to 4:33 pm.
- 009-063 4:28 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 4:28 pm to 4:32 pm.
- 575-005 4:34 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert T. Stafford, Helen C. Stafford, Neil Houston, William E. Timmons, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 4:41 pm.
- 575-006 4:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm.
- 575-007 4:43 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Eugene V. Risher met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:43 pm to 6:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-064, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-064 (accessed October 12, 2026).