Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-015

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

Tuesday, June 19, 1973 · 1:54 PM–2:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-015 on Tape 41StartTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 1:54 PMEndTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 2:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to contact Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President requests that Ziegler report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. No further substantive matters are addressed during this brief administrative call.

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You see if Ron Zegler could come to the UOB, please.

NARA Description

On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:54 pm and 2:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-15

Date: June 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:54 pm and 2:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 447-19]

     Request for meeting
          -Ronald L. Zeigler

Also recorded on June 19, 1973

  • 041-013 1:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:52 pm.
  • 041-014 1:52 PM · 26 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:54 pm.
  • 447-017 1:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:52 pm.
  • 447-018 1:52 PM · 27 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:54 pm.
  • 447-019 1:54 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:54 pm.
  • 447-020 1:54 PM · 20 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 1:54 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 447-021 1:54 PM · 15 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 1:54 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 447-022 2:00 PM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:00 pm to 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-015, June 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/041-015 (accessed October 9, 2026).