Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 23 › Conversation 023-115

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:51 PM–4:57 PM ET · White House Telephone ·4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation023-115 onTape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:51 PMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-115 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation served strictly as an administrative request to connect the President with his family member. No policy matters or substantive political issues were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Tricia, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-115 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-115

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:51 and 4:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 334-36B]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 023-112 4:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 334-034 4:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
  • 023-113 4:40 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-035 4:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
  • 023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.

All 67 conversations from May 2, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-115, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-115 (accessed September 18, 2026).