Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-127
Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Executive Office Building
Monday, December 18, 1972 · 1:15 PM–1:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
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On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-127 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 34-127
Date: December 18, 1972
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.
[See Conversation No. 381-12]
Ziegler’s schedule
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Conversation No. 34-127 (cont’d)
-Briefing
-Request for a meeting in the Executive Office BuildingTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on December 18, 1972
- 034-126 1:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 381-011 1:14 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 381-012 1:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 034-128 1:17 PM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
- 381-013 1:17 PM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
- 034-129 1:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 381-014 1:18 PM · 28 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 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 381-015 1:20 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:40 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-127, December 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841858). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-127 (accessed November 2, 2026).