Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-082
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communications
Saturday, November 18, 1972 · 11:06 AM–11:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation was strictly administrative, serving solely as a request to connect the President with a family member. No policy matters or official government business were addressed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-082 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-82
Date: November 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:06 am and 11:44 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on November 18, 1972
- 033-080 11:06 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:44 am.
- 033-081 11:06 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:44 am.
- 033-083 11:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
- 033-084 11:45 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 11:47 am.
- 033-085 11:47 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:47 am.
- 033-086 11:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 11:57 am.
- 033-087 11:55 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 11:57 am.
- 033-088 11:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone from 11:57 am to 12:01 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-082, November 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-082 (accessed September 24, 2026).