Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 11:52 AM–11:56 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation023-018 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:52 AMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:56 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This interaction was strictly personal in nature, serving as a request to initiate a private conversation. No political, administrative, or policy-related matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

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You could get Tricia now, please.

NARA Description

On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-18

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:52 and 11:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 711-7A]

[The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time before the conversation
began.]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on April 18, 1972

  • 711-007 11:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 711-008 11:52 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 023-019 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 11:58 am.
  • 711-009 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:55 am to 11:58 am.
  • 711-010 11:58 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-011 11:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-012 11:58 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-013 12:04 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-018, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).