Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-114

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

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 9:40 AM–9:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-114 on Tape 25 (tape position 04:45:55–04:46:01)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 9:40 AMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 9:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-114 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate further communication between the President and his senior staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.

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On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-114 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-114

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:40 and 9:45 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 344-14A]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
  • 344-013 9:20 AM · 42 sec — 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 9:20 am and 9:40 am.
  • 740-001 9:20 AM — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 3:02 pm.
  • 025-115 9:40 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:45 am.
  • 344-014 9:40 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Charles W. Colson, and Gordon C. Strachan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 11:25 am.
  • 025-116 9:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:50 am.
  • 025-117 10:21 AM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:10 am.
  • 025-118 11:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:29 am.
  • 344-015 11:25 AM · 11 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 11:25 am and 11:29 am.

Conversation 025-114, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-114 (accessed September 30, 2026).