Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-053

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

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:28 PM–5:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-053 on Tape 18 (tape position 01:59:05–01:59:11)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:28 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-053 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as an administrative request to reach a key member of the White House staff. No further policy or substantive discussion took place during this brief communication.

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NARA Description

On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-53

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 313-29]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

  • 018-051 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
  • 313-027 5:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:27 pm.
  • 018-052 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm.
  • 313-028 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm.
  • 313-029 5:28 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm.
  • 018-054 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 313-030 5:29 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, John A. Schneider, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:29 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 018-055 5:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-053, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-053 (accessed September 24, 2026).