Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-071

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

Wednesday, January 12, 1972 · 7:30 PM–8:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-071 on Tape 18 (tape position 03:00:59–03:01:10)StartWednesday, January 12, 1972 at 7:30 PMEndWednesday, January 12, 1972 at 8:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-071 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192235 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 pm and 8:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-071 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-71

Date: January 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:30 pm and 8:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Ziggler, please.

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  • 646-007 6:23 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:23 pm and 10:59 pm.
  • 018-072 8:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:09 pm to 8:11 pm.
  • 018-073 8:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:11 pm and 8:13 pm.
  • 018-074 8:13 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:13 pm to 8:40 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-071, January 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192235). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-071 (accessed November 2, 2026).