Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-055

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

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 12:13 PM–12:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-055 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:12:56–01:13:02)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:13 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-055 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646314426 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-55

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-26]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Ziegler, please.
Oh, thank you.

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 024-052 12:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur W. Radford talked on the telephone from 12:05 pm to 12:06 pm.
  • 338-023 12:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur W. Radford met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:06 pm.
  • 024-053 12:06 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm.
  • 338-024 12:06 PM · 21 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 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm.
  • 024-054 12:09 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 12:09 pm to 12:13 pm.
  • 338-025 12:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm.
  • 338-026 12:13 PM · 31 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 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 024-056 12:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-055, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646314426). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-055 (accessed October 28, 2026).