Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-050
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, July 10, 1973 · 8:19 AM–6:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his senior staff member. No further policy discussion or substantive deliberation occurred during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:19 am and 6:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 41-50
Date: July 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:19 am and 6:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for telephone call
-Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on July 10, 1973
- 947-001 8:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:19 am.
- 947-002 8:19 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:19 am.
- 947-003 8:19 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:19 am to 8:32 am.
- 128-001 8:32 AM · 1 hr 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Norris Cotton, John G. Tower, William E. Brock, III, William L. Scott, Robert W. Packwood, Charles H. Percy, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, William J. ("Jack") Edwards, Samuel L. Devine, David T. Martin, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert H. Michel, J. William Stanton, Joel T. Broyhill, George H. W. Bush, Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N. Harlow, Anne L. Armstrong, Roy L. Ash, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Max L. Friedersdorff, and Frederick L. Webber, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 10:24 am.
- 128-002 10:24 AM · 2 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N. Harlow, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., John T. Dunlop, Anne L. Armstrong, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter M. Flanigan, and Arthur F. Burns met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:24 am and 10:48 pm.
- 947-004 10:24 AM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott, William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:24 am to 11:02 am.
- 947-005 11:02 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:22 am.
- 947-006 11:02 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:22 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 041-050, July 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-050 (accessed October 10, 2026).