Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-094

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 4:55 PM–4:58 PM ET · White House Telephone ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation008-094 onTape 8 (tape position 04:17:24–04:17:35)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:55 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-094 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. He provided the operator with instructions to reach her at her apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The call served a strictly personal purpose, reflecting the President's efforts to maintain communication with his family.

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Could you try Tricia in her apartment?
Yes, sir.
Cambridge, I think.
Yes.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-094 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-94

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-27]

     Request for call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on September 12, 1971

  • 008-092 4:37 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:37 pm.
  • 278-027 4:55 PM · 11 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 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 008-095 4:58 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 278-028 4:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:58 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 008-096 5:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 008-097 5:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 008-098 5:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
  • 278-029 5:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-094, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-094 (accessed September 18, 2026).