Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 37 › Conversation 037-023

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

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 4:47 PM–4:48 PM ET · White House Telephone ·12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation037-023 onTape 37StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 4:47 PMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 4:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 4:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-23

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:47 pm and 4:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

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The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 416-13]

       Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on March 1, 1973

  • 037-021 4:44 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 037-022 4:46 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 416-012 4:46 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:46 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 416-013 4:47 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 4:47 pm and 4:48 pm.
  • 037-024 4:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:48 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 416-014 4:48 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:48 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 416-015 4:50 PM · 26 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 4:50 pm and 5:40 pm.
  • 416-016 4:50 PM · 16 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 4:50 pm and 5:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-023, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-023 (accessed September 18, 2026).