Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-094
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Friday, January 5, 1973 · 12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and the White House operator coordinated the President's schedule regarding Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler’s ongoing press briefing. The President requested that the operator facilitate a follow-up call to aide Stephen B. Bull once the briefing concluded. This brief interaction served primarily as a logistical check to manage the President's communication flow and staff availability.
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NARA Description
On January 5, 1973, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-094 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-94
Date: January 5, 1973
Time: 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
-90-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 35-94 (cont’d)
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 394-6]
Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule
-Briefing
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on January 5, 1973
- 394-006 12:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:36 pm.
- 394-007 12:36 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 035-095 12:37 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 035-096 12:38 PM · 55 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 394-008 1:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:04 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 394-009 1:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on January 5, 1973 and 2:56 pm on January 8, 1973.
- 394-010 1:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on January 5, 1973 and 2:56 pm on January 8, 1973.
- 394-011 1:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on January 5, 1973 and 2:56 pm on January 8, 1973.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-094, January 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-094 (accessed October 11, 2026).