Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-020
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler
Sunday, May 13, 1973 · 9:54 PM–10:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
Audio
NARA Description
On May 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:54 pm and 10:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 46-20
Date: May 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:54 pm and 10:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Telephone call to Ronald L. ZieglerTranscript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
Also recorded on May 13, 1973
- 165-042 11:36 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:36 am to 12:04 pm.
- 166-001 12:04 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 4:11 pm.
- 166-002 4:11 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:11 pm to 4:16 pm.
- 166-003 4:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:21 pm.
- 166-004 4:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:21 pm to 4:30 pm.
- 046-021 10:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:08 pm.
- 046-022 10:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:08 pm and 10:09 pm.
- 046-023 10:09 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:09 pm to 10:43 pm.
Related conversations
- Ziegler & Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson April 28, 1973 · 6 min
- Nixon & Sanchez on Appreciation and Senator June 12, 1972 · 3 min
- Nixon & Ziegler on Press Secretary March 13, 1973 · 1 min
- Nixon & Ziegler on White House documentation and Watergate scandal May 9, 1973 · 2 min
- Nixon, Ziegler & Woods on White House Press Relations and Press Secretary January 9, 1973 · 40 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 046-020, May 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-020 (accessed November 15, 2026).