Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-122
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 4:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation served solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication with a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-122 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-122
Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 4:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 391-9A]
Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on November 1, 1972
- 811-002 3:04 PM · 23 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 811-004 4:07 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 391-008 4:12 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:23 pm.
- 032-121 4:23 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:23 pm.
- 391-009 4:25 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:25 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 032-123 4:32 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:47 pm.
- 391-010 5:12 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:12 pm to 5:55 pm.
- 032-124 5:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:47 pm to 5:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-122, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-122 (accessed October 23, 2026).