Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-146

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal call

Monday, July 5, 1971 · 7:28 PM–7:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-146 on Tape 6 (tape position 03:00:19–03:00:24)StartMonday, July 5, 1971 at 7:28 PMEndMonday, July 5, 1971 at 7:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-146 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation was purely administrative, serving only to connect the President with his daughter. No political or policy-related matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On July 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:28 pm and 7:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-146 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-146

Date: July 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:28 pm and 7:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on July 5, 1971

  • 537-005 6:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:27 pm.
  • 006-140 6:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-141 6:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-142 6:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 006-143 7:21 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:25 pm.
  • 006-144 7:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm.
  • 006-145 7:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:26 pm to 7:28 pm.
  • 006-147 7:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:35 pm to 7:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-146, July 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/006-146 (accessed October 12, 2026).