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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195111 ↗

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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

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

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 (NAID 417195111). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-204 (accessed November 15, 2026).