Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-012

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication

Friday, August 4, 1972 · 10:22 AM–10:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation029-012 on Tape 29StartFriday, August 4, 1972 at 10:22 AMEndFriday, August 4, 1972 at 10:24 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to facilitate a personal call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to coordinate communication with a family member. No policy matters or substantive political business were addressed during this interaction.

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All right.
Could you bring him in five minutes?
Could you get Patricia for me?
Patricia, yes, sir.

NARA Description

On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-12

Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:22 am and 10:24 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:22 am and
10:24 am.

[See Conversation No. 761-3A]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on August 4, 1972

  • 761-003 10:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:25 am.
  • 029-013 10:24 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:24 am to 10:25 am.
  • 029-014 10:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 761-004 10:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 761-005 10:25 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:36 am.
  • 029-015 10:36 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:36 am to 10:37 am.
  • 761-006 10:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:37 am.
  • 029-016 10:37 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 1:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-012, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).