Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-011

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 12:32 PM–12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-011 on Tape 18 (tape position 00:12:13–00:12:20)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 12:32 PMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 12:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate this personal connection. No other policy matters or professional developments were discussed during the brief interaction.

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Yes, please.
Appreciate it, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-11

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 642-39A]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 642-037 12:18 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Kauffman, Stephen M. Morris, Jack A. L. Hahn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 018-012 12:32 PM · 8 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:43 pm.
  • 642-038 12:32 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 642-039 12:32 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:43 pm.
  • 642-040 12:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 642-041 12:43 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 642-042 12:45 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 642-028 12:46 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-011, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-011 (accessed September 30, 2026).