Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, February 15, 1972 · 10:30 AM–10:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-096 on Tape 20 (tape position 03:14:03–03:14:09)StartTuesday, February 15, 1972 at 10:30 AMEndTuesday, February 15, 1972 at 10:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-096 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a return telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The operator confirms the request, noting that she had previously attempted to reach him. This brief exchange facilitates a personal communication between the President and his daughter.

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Would you get Trisha?
She just called me.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On February 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-96

Date: February 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:45 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 672-2C]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on February 15, 1972

  • 020-095 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 10:21 am.
  • 672-002 9:12 AM · 3 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Dwight L. Chapin, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 12:47 pm.
  • 020-097 10:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am.
  • 672-003 12:47 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-004 12:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-005 12:47 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-006 12:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 672-007 12:56 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-096, February 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-096 (accessed October 12, 2026).