Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-092
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 2:54 PM–2:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent discussion between the President and his senior communications aide. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific connection.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-092 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-92
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 2:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 433-26]
Request for telephone call
-Ronald L. ZieglerAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
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- 433-024 2:51 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:51 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 433-025 2:54 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm.
- 433-026 2:54 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 045-093 2:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 433-027 2:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 045-094 3:01 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 908-017 3:07 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-092, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-092 (accessed October 5, 2026).