President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served solely to initiate official communication between the President and his press office. No further substantive matters were recorded during this brief interaction.
On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 21-59 Date: March 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:22 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 323-11] Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.