Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-063

Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Vietnam and White House Press Corps

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 1:38 PM–1:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 33 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation023-063 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 1:38 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 1:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler consulted on media coverage regarding Vietnam, confirming that wire stories and press reports were trending favorably. They discussed the impact of Nixon’s recent public statements on the White House press corps, noting that the administration had successfully unsettled critics. Ziegler confirmed that the President’s upcoming speech would be prominently featured in the 3:00 p.m. news cycle.

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Hello.
Bob said the lead's ran all right.
Yes, sir.
The wires are running very good.
How about the jackasses out there?
You shook them a bit, didn't you?
Sure did.
Of course, they've been doing a lot of writing.
Yeah.
And back at 3.
Yeah.
But the wire leach ran very well, and both of them got the very clear information.
At 3 o'clock, you announced my speech.
In the lead.
Fine.
Good.
Okay.
So I think it's going very well.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:38 pm to 1:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-63

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 1:38-1:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 332-42]

     Vietnam
          -Lead stories
          -White House Press Corps
          -Wire stories

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 023-062 1:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-040 1:33 PM · 2 min — 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 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-041 1:33 PM · 36 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 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-042 1:38 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:38 pm to 1:39 pm.
  • 023-064 1:39 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 332-043 1:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 332-044 1:39 PM · 18 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 332-045 1:39 PM · 34 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-063, April 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-063 (accessed October 9, 2026).