Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications

Friday, July 28, 1972 · 8:33 AM–11:06 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation028-007 on Tape 28StartFriday, July 28, 1972 at 8:33 AMEndFriday, July 28, 1972 at 11:06 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate this personal call. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this interaction.

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Would you get me Patricia, please?
Patricia?
Yeah.

NARA Description

On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 am and 11:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-7

Date: July 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:33 am and 11:06 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 756-4]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on July 28, 1972

  • 756-001 9:40 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:00 am.
  • 756-002 10:00 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:02 am.
  • 756-003 10:03 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 11:04 am.
  • 756-004 11:04 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:06 am.
  • 028-008 11:06 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:11 am.
  • 756-005 11:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 11:11 am.
  • 756-006 11:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:15 am.
  • 756-007 11:15 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:37 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-007, July 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-007 (accessed October 17, 2026).