Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-079
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 2:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
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On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-079 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-79
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: 2:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 314-1C]
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 13, 1972
- 647-020 2:22 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:22 pm.
- 018-077 2:34 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 314-001 2:34 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, James D. ("Don") Hughes, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 018-078 2:45 PM · 46 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone at 2:45 pm.
- 018-080 2:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:47 pm.
- 018-081 2:47 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:09 pm.
- 018-082 2:47 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:09 pm.
- 018-083 2:47 PM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:09 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-079, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192251). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-079 (accessed November 8, 2026).