Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-097

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

Monday, January 8, 1973 · 1:45 PM–2:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-097 on Tape 35StartMonday, January 8, 1973 at 1:45 PMEndMonday, January 8, 1973 at 2:56 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-097 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this exchange.

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Mr. Sigler, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-097 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-97

Date: January 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 394-13]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on January 8, 1973

  • 035-155 2:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 394-014 2:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 035-098 3:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 394-015 3:00 PM · 9 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 3:00 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 035-099 3:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:04 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 394-016 3:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 394-017 3:11 PM · 10 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 3:11 pm and 3:26 pm.
  • 394-018 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.

All 24 conversations from January 8, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-097, January 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-097 (accessed October 11, 2026).