Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-067

Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Press relations

Monday, April 16, 1973 · 3:25 PM–3:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation038-067 on Tape 38StartMonday, April 16, 1973 at 3:25 PMEndMonday, April 16, 1973 at 3:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-067 ↗

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On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-067 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 38-67

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 3:25 pm - 3:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler

[See also Conversation No. 427-5]

     Progress
          Ziegler’s schedule

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Yeah.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Have you made any progress on that thing?
How's it stand?
We'll be there in five minutes.
  • 038-066 3:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 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.

Conversation 038-067, 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/038-067 (accessed November 2, 2026).