Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-204

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

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 9:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-204 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 9:34 AMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 9:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-204 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to request the immediate presence of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President instructs the operator to direct Ziegler to the Executive Office Building for a meeting. This exchange serves as a routine administrative coordination for a high-level staff consultation.

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Mr. Ziegler, come to UOB, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-204 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-204

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: 9:43 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 415-10A]

       Request for Ronald L. Ziegler
                                               -118-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

  • 415-010 9:30 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:30 am to 10:20 am.
  • 043-205 9:43 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 10:20 am.
  • 043-206 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 043-207 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 043-221 10:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 415-011 10:20 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:20 am.
  • 415-012 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 415-013 10:21 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:21 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-204, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-204 (accessed October 1, 2026).