Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-138

Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Executive Office Building

Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 3:19 PM–3:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation035-138 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 3:19 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 3:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-138 ↗

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On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-138 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 35-138

Date: January 11, 1973
Time: 3:19 pm - 3:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See Conversation No. 401-29]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 35-138 (cont’d)

       The President's request for a meeting in the Executive Office Building [EOB]

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Yes, sir.
You're free to come to UB now.
Yeah, I'll be right over.
Right over.
  • 035-137 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 401-027 3:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 401-028 3:15 PM · 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 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 401-029 3:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:19 pm to 3:20 pm.
  • 401-030 3:20 PM · 13 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 3:20 pm and 3:24 pm.
  • 401-031 3:24 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:24 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 035-139 3:55 PM · 17 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 035-140 3:57 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:15 pm.

Conversation 035-138, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-138 (accessed November 2, 2026).