Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 36 › Conversation 036-088

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 6:36 PM–6:38 PM ET · White House Telephone ·14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-088 onTape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 6:36 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 6:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The exchange served as a routine procedural request to connect the President with his key staff member. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-88

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Jul-08)

                                                           Conversation No. 36-88 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 407-18A]

       Request for a telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

407-010 5:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
407-011 5:29 PM · 2 min — 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 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
036-087 6:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:19 pm.
407-016 6:19 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:19 pm.
407-017 6:19 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.
407-018 6:22 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
036-089 6:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm.
036-090 6:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm.

All 94 conversations from January 23, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-088, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-088 (accessed September 18, 2026).