Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-030

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

Monday, May 14, 1973 · 3:52 PM–4:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation046-030 on Tape 46StartMonday, May 14, 1973 at 3:52 PMEndMonday, May 14, 1973 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his primary spokesperson during the height of the Watergate investigation. No further substantive discussion occurred between the President and the operator.

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NARA Description

On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-30

Date: May 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 436-12]

     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on May 14, 1973

  • 435-031 3:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:44 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 046-029 3:51 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:51 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 435-032 3:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm.
  • 435-033 3:51 PM · 11 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 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm.
  • 436-010 3:51 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:51 pm.
  • 436-011 3:51 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:51 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 436-012 3:52 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 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 046-031 4:00 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:00 pm to 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-030, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-030 (accessed October 1, 2026).