Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-031

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald Ziegler

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 11:00 AM–11:01 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation033-031 on Tape 33StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 11:00 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 11:01 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief interaction.

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Sigler, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-31

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:00 am and 11:01 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 389-16]
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                                           Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

033-030 11:00 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:00 am.
389-013 11:00 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:01 am.
389-014 11:00 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:01 am.
389-015 11:00 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:01 am.
389-016 11:00 AM · 10 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 11:00 am and 11:01 am.
033-032 11:01 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:01 am to 11:02 am.
389-017 11:01 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:01 am to 11:02 am.
389-018 11:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry Hibbard, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:40 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-031, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-031 (accessed October 11, 2026).