Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-007

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

Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 10:56 AM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-007 on Tape 43StartWednesday, January 31, 1973 at 10:56 AMEndWednesday, January 31, 1973 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194731 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-7

Date: January 31, 1973
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 403-24]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

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Yes, please.
Cigarette, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

Also recorded on January 31, 1973

  • 043-006 10:10 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:18 am.
  • 403-017 10:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:10 am.
  • 403-019 10:18 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter J. Brennan, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:18 am to 10:56 am.
  • 403-020 10:56 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
  • 403-021 10:56 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
  • 403-022 10:56 AM · 11 sec — Rose Mary Woods and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:28 am.
  • 403-023 10:56 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm.
  • 403-024 10:56 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-007, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194731). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-007 (accessed November 15, 2026).