Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-108
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 1:36 PM–1:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President requests that the operator connect him directly to Ziegler to facilitate a private communication. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this short administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 1:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-108
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:36 pm and 1:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Telephone call to Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on April 19, 1973
- 902-010 1:30 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 902-013 1:30 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 038-109 1:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:39 pm to 1:41 pm.
- 429-004 1:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:39 pm to 1:41 pm.
- 038-110 1:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 038-111 1:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 429-005 1:45 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 038-112 1:46 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-108, April 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/038-108 (accessed October 5, 2026).