Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-075
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 10:29 AM–11:36 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his press office. No further substantive discussion occurs during this specific recording segment.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 11:36 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-075 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-75
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:29 am and 11:36 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 283-27]
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-071 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:27 am.
- 010-072 10:27 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:29 am.
- 283-020 10:27 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:27 am and 10:29 am.
- 010-073 10:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:30 am.
- 283-021 10:30 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:30 am.
- 010-074 10:31 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:31 am to 10:32 am.
- 283-022 10:31 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:31 am to 10:32 am.
- 283-023 10:32 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:32 am to 11:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-075, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-075 (accessed October 8, 2026).