Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Wednesday, May 5, 1971 · 6:13 PM–7:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-096 on Tape 2 (tape position 03:33:25–03:33:33)StartWednesday, May 5, 1971 at 6:13 PMEndWednesday, May 5, 1971 at 7:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-096 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon. The interaction served as a brief administrative request to connect the President to his family member. No policy matters or significant government business were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Do you want to push this room, please?

Yeah.

NARA Description

On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-96

Date: May 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 7:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Tricia Nixon

Also recorded on May 5, 1971

002-090 5:37 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm.
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492-007 5:38 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles Chassler, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:38 pm to 6:13 pm.
002-092 5:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm.
002-093 5:45 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm.
002-094 6:13 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 7:45 pm.
002-095 6:13 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 7:45 pm.
492-008 6:13 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:13 pm on May 5, 1971 and 8:45 am on May 6, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-096, May 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-096 (accessed October 3, 2026).