Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-024
Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Public relations and Press strategy
Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 10:37 PM–10:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler consulted regarding an upcoming press statement. The discussion centered on the messaging strategy for a story concerning baseball greats and the anticipated public reaction to the announcement. The two agreed on the necessity of maintaining a firm and truthful tone in the release.
Audio
This clip was extracted from the full tape recording by Easy Nixon.
Listen to the full tape segment
Position in tape: 01:17:14 – 01:19:11
Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
NARA Description
On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:37 pm and 10:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 26-24
Date: June 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:37 and 10:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Statement by Ziegler
-Baseball greats story
-Unknown person's reactionAlso recorded on June 28, 1972
- 026-020 9:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:06 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 026-021 9:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-003 9:10 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-004 9:10 PM · 3 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 345-005 9:10 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm.
- 026-022 9:44 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 345-006 9:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:44 pm to 10:20 pm.
- 026-023 10:20 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 026-024, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-024 (accessed September 30, 2026).