Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-068
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 7:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No further substantive discussion took place during this specific telephone connection.
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-068 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-68
Date: February 8, 1972
Time: 7:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on February 9, 1972
- 020-069 7:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm.
- 020-070 7:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:06 pm.
- 020-071 7:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:14 pm.
- 020-072 7:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:14 pm.
- 020-073 7:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:14 pm and 7:32 pm.
- 020-074 7:32 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:32 pm to 7:38 pm.
- 020-075 7:58 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:31 am.
- 090-002 7:58 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) [members of Kissinger's staff] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 11:31 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-068, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-068 (accessed October 2, 2026).