Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-013

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

Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 12:03 PM–1:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-013 on Tape 26 (tape position 00:14:27–00:14:33)StartTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 12:03 PMEndTuesday, June 27, 1972 at 1:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367353 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape (archivists' log): 00:14:27 – 00:14:33

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NARA Description

On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 26-13

Date: June 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:03 and 1:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 743-6D]

     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NixonZiegler, please.
OperatorYes, sir.

Also recorded on June 27, 1972

  • 103-009 11:28 AM · 5 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
  • 103-012 11:28 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
  • 743-004 11:28 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
  • 743-005 11:30 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:57 am.
  • 743-006 11:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:57 am and 1:50 pm.
  • 026-011 12:03 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
  • 026-012 12:03 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 1:36 pm.
  • 026-014 1:36 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:36 pm to 1:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-013, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367353). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-013 (accessed November 14, 2026).