Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-068

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

Thursday, July 12, 1973 · 8:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-068 on Tape 41StartThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:33 PMEndThursday, July 12, 1973 at 8:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a formal request for Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to join him. This brief exchange served to facilitate an immediate, private meeting between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or strategic details were addressed during the brief connection.

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Don't worry about it, sir.
Yes, please.
Ziegler, come in, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-68

Date: July 12, 1973
Time: 8:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for meeting
            -Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on July 13, 1973

  • 949-013 8:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:33 pm.
  • 949-014 8:22 PM · 14 min — Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 949-015 8:22 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 949-016 8:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 041-069 8:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 pm and 8:44 pm.
  • 041-070 8:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:41 pm to 8:46 pm.
  • 949-017 8:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
  • 949-018 8:46 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 pm and 8:48 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-068, July 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-068 (accessed October 10, 2026).