Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-199
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 1:50 PM–2:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The brief exchange served as a directive for the operator to initiate the connection. No policy matters or substantive political business were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-199 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-199
Date: December 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 628-8A]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on December 2, 1971
- 015-200 1:50 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 015-201 1:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 628-009 2:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 628-010 2:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 015-202 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
- 628-011 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
- 628-012 2:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:19 pm.
- 628-013 2:19 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gordon M. Metcalf, William M. Batten, George P. Shultz, Richard A. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:19 pm to 2:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-199, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-199 (accessed October 12, 2026).