Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-174

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

Tuesday, November 30, 1971 · 11:23 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-174 on Tape 15 (tape position 04:42:42–04:42:48)StartTuesday, November 30, 1971 at 11:23 AMEndTuesday, November 30, 1971 at 11:23 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-174 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical request to initiate a phone call with his press office. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this short exchange.

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Yes, please.
Ziegler, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-174 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-174

Date: November 30, 1971
Time: 11:23 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 626-9]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on November 30, 1971

  • 626-004 9:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:54 am.
  • 626-005 9:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:54 am.
  • 626-006 9:54 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:06 am.
  • 626-007 10:06 AM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Robert H. Finch, Herbert G. Klein, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:06 am to 11:05 am.
  • 626-008 11:06 AM · 12 min — Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:19 am.
  • 626-009 11:23 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:23 am.
  • 626-010 11:23 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:03 pm.
  • 626-011 12:03 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 3:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-174, November 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-174 (accessed October 9, 2026).