Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-037

Haldeman phone call on Ronald L. Ziegler and Press briefings

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 11:31 AM–12:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation014-037 on Tape 14 (tape position 01:05:19–01:05:49)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 11:31 AMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 12:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-037 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190605 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to place a call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The operator informs Haldeman that Ziegler is unavailable due to an ongoing press briefing. Consequently, the call is not completed, and no further administrative action is taken during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-37

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-5E]

[The President can be heard in the background]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

     Ziegler's location

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He's in a briefing, sir.
All right.
Thank you.

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  • 298-003 11:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-004 11:24 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:29 am.
  • 298-005 11:29 AM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:29 am to 1:16 pm.
  • 014-035 11:31 AM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm.
  • 014-036 11:31 AM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-037, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190605). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-037 (accessed November 2, 2026).