Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-001

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

Thursday, October 5, 1972 · 9:48 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-001 on Tape 31StartThursday, October 5, 1972 at 9:48 AMEndThursday, October 5, 1972 at 9:48 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to contact Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his primary spokesperson. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this connection attempt.

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We're coming to you, please.

NARA Description

On October 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-1

Date: October 5, 1972
Time: 9:48 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on October 5, 1972

  • 355-015 8:08 AM · 12 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 8:08 am and 9:16 am.
  • 355-016 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 9:16 am.
  • 355-017 8:08 AM · 9 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 8:08 am and 9:16 am.
  • 355-021 9:16 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:16 am to 9:50 am.
  • 355-022 9:51 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:51 am to 10:20 am.
  • 355-023 10:20 AM · 13 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 10:20 am and 10:40 am.
  • 355-024 10:40 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:40 am to 10:42 am.
  • 792-001 11:05 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, reporters, and news conferences attendees, including Frank Cormier, Gaylord Shaw, Eugene V. Risher, Norm Kempster, Ralph Harris, John W. ("Pat") Heffernan, Marc Hutten, Claude Moisy, Gene Carlson, Thomas E. Jarriel, Robert Pierpoint, David Breasted, Gary Axelson, Forrest Boyd, Mike Maus, Cliff Evans, Fay G. Wells, Donald Fulsom, Gil Butler, Charles Van Dyke, Thomas Girard, Peter Kumpa, Phil P. Potter, Sal Micciche, Lucian C.("Lou") Warren, Peter Lisagor, Tom Littlewood, Fred Farrar, Courtney Sheldon, Karen Elliott, Jerald F. ("Jerry") terHorst, Sarah McClendon, John Cauley, Bob Toth, Frank Wright, Frank van der Linden, Paul Healy, Stan Carter, Robert B. Semple, Jr., Martin Schram, Larry O'Rourke, Jim Deakin, Jim Gannon, Carroll Kilpatrick, Garnett D. ("Jack") Horner, Mary McGrory, Jim Carey, David Barnett, Robert Boyd, Donald Bacon, Bruce Agnew, Hugh S. Sidey, Henry Hubbard, John F. Osborne, Jerrold L. Schecter, Howard Norton, John P. ("Jack") Sutherland, Al Sullivan, Bill Sprague, Roy McCartney, Dave de-Segonzac, Fred Bonavita, Frank Kane, Ed O'Brien, Kenji Wakamatsu, Akira Noguchi, Hiroshi Kondo, Jin Tae Hong, Tatsuro Matsumura, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler and Patrick J. Buchanan, unknown person(s) [an unknown woman], Clark MacGregor, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Scali, John D. Ehrlichman, and Charles W. Colson, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 12:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-001, October 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).