Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-066

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communications

Wednesday, June 30, 1971 · 7:30 PM–7:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-066 on Tape 6 (tape position 01:15:57–01:16:04)StartWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 7:30 PMEndWednesday, June 30, 1971 at 7:41 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-066 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The interaction was limited to the technical coordination required to connect the President to his daughter. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 pm and 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-066 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-66

Date: June 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:30 pm and 7:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Tricia Nixon Cox
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  • 006-064 7:29 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:29 pm.
  • 006-065 7:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:30 pm.
  • 006-067 7:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:43 pm.
  • 006-068 7:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 7:46 pm.
  • 006-069 7:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm.
  • 006-070 7:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:46 pm to 7:49 pm.

Conversation 006-066, June 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-066 (accessed October 11, 2026).