Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-059

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 4:36 PM–5:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-059 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 4:36 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This brief communication served solely as a request to initiate contact with a family member. No policy matters or administrative business were conducted during this interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Would you ring Tricia, please?
Tricia, yes, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-59

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 316-14]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on January 25, 1972

  • 316-010 4:35 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.
  • 316-011 4:36 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 316-012 4:36 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 316-013 4:36 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 316-014 4:36 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 019-060 5:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
  • 316-015 5:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
  • 316-016 5:32 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 6:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-059, January 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-059 (accessed September 26, 2026).