Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-108
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 6:41 PM–7:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This brief communication served solely as a request for the operator to connect the President to his family member on New Year's Eve. No substantive political or administrative matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:41 pm and 7:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-108
Date: December 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:41 pm and 7:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Tricia Nixon CoxCite this conversation
Conversation 017-108, December 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-108 (accessed October 11, 2026).