Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-061
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 2:31 PM–2:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction was initiated solely to place a call to Ziegler for undisclosed purposes. No further discussion or substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-61
Date: February 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on February 8, 1972
- 020-058 2:31 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm.
- 020-059 2:31 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm.
- 020-060 2:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-014 2:31 PM · 3 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-015 2:31 PM · 16 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-016 2:31 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 320-017 2:31 PM · 4 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm.
- 020-062 2:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-061, February 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-061 (accessed October 2, 2026).