Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 20 › Conversation 020-049
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Monday, February 7, 1972 · 3:44 PM–4:44 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to initiate official communication between the President and a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief request.
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NARA Description
On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 4:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-49
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:44 and 4:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 319-13]
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on February 7, 1972
- 319-005 3:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 319-006 3:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:16 pm.
- 319-007 3:16 PM · 6 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 3:16 pm and 3:41 pm.
- 319-008 3:16 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:41 pm.
- 020-048 3:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 319-009 3:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 319-010 3:44 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 319-011 3:50 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 4:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-049, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-049 (accessed September 18, 2026).