Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-153

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

Monday, March 19, 1973 · 12:35 PM–1:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-153 on Tape 37StartMonday, March 19, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, March 19, 1973 at 1:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-153 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served purely as a logistical request to initiate a phone conversation with a key member of the administration. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief operator exchange.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-153 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-153

Date: March 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 420-15]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
                                               - 106 -

                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Also recorded on March 19, 1973

  • 883-006 12:34 PM · 53 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 420-012 12:35 PM · 10 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-013 12:35 PM · 10 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-014 12:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-015 12:35 PM · 8 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 420-016 12:35 PM · 12 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 12:35 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 037-154 1:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 420-017 1:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:28 pm to 1:31 pm.

All 31 conversations from March 19, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-153, March 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-153 (accessed October 5, 2026).