Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-208

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House administration

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 12:32 PM–12:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-208 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 12:32 PMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 12:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-208 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves solely as a routine administrative request to establish a line for a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief operator contact.

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Mr. Ziegler, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-208 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-208

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 415-20]

       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

  • 415-018 12:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:31 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 415-020 12:31 PM · 13 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 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 415-019 12:32 PM · 15 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 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 043-209 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 415-021 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 415-022 12:40 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 415-023 12:40 PM · 15 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 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 415-024 12:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-208, 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/043-208 (accessed October 1, 2026).