Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-073
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Sunday, August 8, 1971 · 7:46 PM–8:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with a family member. No policy matters or official government business were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:46 pm and 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-073 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-73
Date: August 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:46 pm and 8:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Tricia Nixon CoxCite this conversation
Conversation 007-073, August 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-073 (accessed October 9, 2026).