Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-009

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal calls

Monday, April 17, 1972 · 4:56 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-009 on Tape 23StartMonday, April 17, 1972 at 4:56 PMEndMonday, April 17, 1972 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation served as a brief administrative request to connect the President with a family member. No policy matters or official government business were discussed during this interaction.

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Please?
Would you please get Tricia, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-9

Date: April 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:56 and 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     [See also Conversation No. 710-2A]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on April 17, 1972

  • 331-010 3:55 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 710-001 4:56 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 710-002 4:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 023-010 4:59 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 710-003 4:59 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 710-004 5:02 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Melvin R. Laird, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 710-005 5:50 PM · 53 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 023-011 5:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-009, April 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).