Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-066
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Monday, April 16, 1973 · 3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves primarily as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his senior staff. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are recorded during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-066 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-66
Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 427-4]
Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler [?]Also recorded on April 16, 1973
- 038-067 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 427-003 3:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
- 427-004 3:25 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm.
- 427-005 3:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
- 427-006 3:27 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:27 pm to 4:04 pm.
- 038-068 4:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:04 pm.
- 038-069 4:04 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:05 pm.
- 427-007 4:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-066, April 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-066 (accessed October 23, 2026).