President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his press office regarding official White House communication. The primary action item was the successful placement of the call to Ziegler.
On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 25-108 Date: June 21, 1972 Time: 3:30 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 343-21] Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.