Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 2:07 PM–2:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-048 on Tape 30StartTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 2:07 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 2:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-048 ↗

A 14-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-48

Date: October 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 355-9]

       Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

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Tricia, please.
Fisher?
Tricia.
Oh, Tricia, yes, sir.
Yeah.

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 355-009 2:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
  • 030-049 2:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 355-010 2:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 030-050 2:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 355-011 2:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 355-012 2:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 030-051 2:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.
  • 355-013 2:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.

All 45 conversations from October 3, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-048, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-048 (accessed November 1, 2026).