Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-005

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 2:40 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-005 on Tape 22 (tape position 00:08:18–00:08:23)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 2:40 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate communication with his staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this short logistical interaction.

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Please.
A cigarette, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-5

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 692-7B]

     Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on March 23, 1972

  • 325-011 12:45 PM · 18 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 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 325-012 12:45 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 022-004 2:36 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 2:36 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 096-004 3:02 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cost of Living Council, including John B. Connally, Herbert Stein, Donald H. Rumsfeld, J. Philip Campbell, Peter G. Peterson, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Virginia H. Knauer, Arthur F. Burns, James W. McLane, Albert E. Abrahams, Joseph Mullaney, Marvin H. Kosters, Richard B. Cheney, James Connor, Richard J. Alfultis, Donald Smith, Clark MacGregor, William L. Gifford, Charles R. Perry, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 097-001 3:56 PM · 19 min — John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Richard B. Cheney, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:56 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 692-001 3:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:56 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 692-002 4:03 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 692-003 4:08 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marshall Green, John H. Holdridge, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, unknown person(s), White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 5:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-005, March 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).