Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 22 › Conversation 022-014

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

Friday, March 24, 1972 · 1:12 PM–1:16 PM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation022-014 onTape 22 (tape position 00:51:47–00:51:57)StartFriday, March 24, 1972 at 1:12 PMEndFriday, March 24, 1972 at 1:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served solely as a request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this specific call.

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Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 1:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-14

Date: March 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:12 pm and 1:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on March 24, 1972

  • 022-013 12:54 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 326-016 12:54 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:54 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 326-017 1:12 PM · 2 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 1:12 pm and 1:16 pm.
  • 022-015 1:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:16 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 326-018 1:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:16 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 326-019 1:24 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 022-016 1:28 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
  • 022-017 1:29 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-014, March 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-014 (accessed September 18, 2026).