Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-115

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

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 9:20 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-115 on Tape 37StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 9:20 AMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 9:20 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-115 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President specifically requested that Ziegler be reached at his office in the Executive Office Building. This call served as a brief administrative coordination to establish contact between the President and his top communications aide.

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Mr. Ziegler to step over the OB, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-115 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-115

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 9:20 am
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 416-33]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
             -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on March 15, 1973

  • 037-116 9:20 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:05 am.
  • 416-033 9:20 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:20 am.
  • 416-034 9:22 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:22 am to 10:05 am.
  • 416-035 10:39 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:39 am to 10:55 am.
  • 880-001 11:16 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:19 am.
  • 880-002 11:19 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:22 am.
  • 880-025 11:22 AM · 37 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:58 am.
  • 880-003 11:58 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-115, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-115 (accessed October 1, 2026).