Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-108
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 3:30 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his press office regarding official White House communication. The primary action item was the successful placement of the call to Ziegler.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-108
Date: June 21, 1972
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 343-21]
Request for a call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on June 21, 1972
- 025-107 3:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 025-109 3:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 025-138 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 343-019 3:15 PM · 8 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 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 343-021 3:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:30 pm.
- 343-022 3:30 PM · 3 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 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 343-023 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 343-024 3:30 PM · 29 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 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-108, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-108 (accessed October 12, 2026).