Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-028
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator
Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 10:00 AM–12:31 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. The brief exchange served as a logistical request for the operator to place the connection. No substantive policy or political discussions took place during this communication.
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NARA Description
On March 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 12:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-28
Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:00 am and 12:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 681-2C]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on March 8, 1972
- 021-025 9:00 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:59 am.
- 021-026 9:00 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:59 am.
- 021-027 9:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard ("Red") Skelton talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
- 021-020 10:25 AM · 28 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 11:49 am.
- 021-021 10:25 AM · 7 min — the White House operator and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 11:49 am.
- 021-022 11:50 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 4:40 pm.
- 321-018 12:29 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:29 pm to 12:45 pm.
- 021-029 12:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-028, March 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).