Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-027

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

Thursday, June 21, 1973 · 4:12 PM–5:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-027 on Tape 41StartThursday, June 21, 1973 at 4:12 PMEndThursday, June 21, 1973 at 5:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon speaks with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The primary purpose of the conversation is to request a connection to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No other substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-27

Date: June 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 5:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
                                               -16-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 40-27 (cont’d)

[See also Conversation No. 447-35]

     Request for telephone call
          -Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on June 21, 1973

447-031 3:56 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and J. William Fulbright met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:56 pm to 4:08 pm.
041-025 4:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
447-032 4:08 PM · 14 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 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
447-033 4:08 PM · 9 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 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
447-041 4:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
041-026 4:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:12 pm.
447-034 4:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:12 pm.
447-035 4:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-027, June 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-027 (accessed October 10, 2026).