Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-073

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

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 4:24 PM–4:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-073 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 4:24 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 4:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-073 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent return call from Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President specified that if Ziegler was currently conducting a press briefing, he should be instructed to call the President immediately upon its conclusion. This brief exchange served solely to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his press secretary.

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Get Mr. Ziegler.
If he's briefing, tell him to call me when he finishes.
Yes, Mr. Ziegler.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-73

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:24 and 4:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-5]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
         -Return call

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 023-072 4:23 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 334-003 4:23 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 334-004 4:24 PM · 4 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 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
  • 334-005 4:24 PM · 10 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 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm.
  • 023-074 4:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:26 pm.
  • 334-006 4:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:26 pm.
  • 334-007 4:28 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:28 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 023-075 4:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:43 pm to 4:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-073, 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/023-073 (accessed October 9, 2026).