Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-074

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

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 4:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-074 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 4:26 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 4:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-074 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon received a brief status update from the White House operator regarding Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The communication was intended to inform the President that Ziegler was currently occupied with a press briefing. It was established that Ziegler would initiate a return call to the President immediately upon the conclusion of his duties.

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Ziegler is briefing, so he'll call you as soon as it's over.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-074 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-74
Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 4:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 334-6]

     Ronald L. Ziegler
          -Location
          -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.
  • 023-073 4:24 PM · 9 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

All 54 conversations from April 25, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-074, 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/023-074 (accessed October 9, 2026).