Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-085
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 9:25 AM–10:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to connect with his daughter, Tricia Nixon. The conversation serves as a personal administrative request to the White House operator to facilitate the connection. No substantive policy matters or official developments are discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-085 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-85
Date: June 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:25 am and 10:24 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 255-32]
Call to Tricia NixonAlso recorded on June 9, 1971
- 004-081 8:24 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:24 am to 8:25 am.
- 004-082 8:25 AM · 25 sec — Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:25 am and 8:35 am.
- 255-028 8:25 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 9:20 am.
- 004-083 8:35 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:23 am.
- 255-029 9:20 AM · 3 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 9:20 am and 9:23 am.
- 004-084 9:23 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 9:23 am to 9:25 am.
- 255-030 9:23 AM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:23 am to 10:29 am.
- 255-032 9:25 AM · 7 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 9:25 am and 10:34 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-085, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-085 (accessed September 27, 2026).