Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-024
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Monday, December 6, 1971 · 12:50 PM–1:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This brief administrative interaction serves solely to facilitate a personal phone call. No other political, governmental, or policy-related matters were discussed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 16-24
Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 630-8A]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on December 6, 1971
- 630-004 12:32 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 630-005 12:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 630-006 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
- 630-007 12:39 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Milton R. Young, Stephen B. Bull, Willard Edwards, the White House photographer, and unknown person(s) from a National Broadcasting Channel (NBC) film crew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:59 pm.
- 016-023 12:49 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Milton R. Young talked on the telephone from 12:49 pm to 12:50 pm.
- 630-008 12:59 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:11 pm.
- 016-025 1:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 1:05 pm.
- 016-026 1:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 6:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 016-024, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).