Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-060

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

Wednesday, July 11, 1973 · 1:10 PM–2:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-060 on Tape 41StartWednesday, July 11, 1973 at 1:10 PMEndWednesday, July 11, 1973 at 2:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as a logistical communication to facilitate further discussion with a key member of the administration. No additional substantive policy or political matters are addressed during this brief exchange.

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Ron Ziegler, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-60

Date: July 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 448-16]

       Request for telephone call
            -Ronald L. Ziegler
                                               -40-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 41-61 (cont’d)

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  • 948-010 12:24 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 948-022 12:55 PM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 3:00 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-060, July 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-060 (accessed October 10, 2026).