Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-006

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

Wednesday, February 28, 1973 · 9:02 AM–12:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-006 on Tape 37StartWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 9:02 AMEndWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Signal, please.
Shirley?

NARA Description

On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-6

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 12:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 865-20]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on February 28, 1973

  • 037-004 8:43 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:01 am.
  • 865-007 8:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:01 am.
  • 037-005 9:01 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson talked on the telephone from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
  • 865-010 9:01 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger E. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:01 am to 9:02 am.
  • 865-011 9:02 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
  • 865-012 9:02 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
  • 865-013 9:02 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:12 am.
  • 865-014 9:12 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:23 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-006, February 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).