Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-083

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Sunday, October 29, 1972 · 9:35 AM–9:39 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-083 on Tape 32StartSunday, October 29, 1972 at 9:35 AMEndSunday, October 29, 1972 at 9:39 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-083 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation was strictly administrative in nature, serving as the bridge to initiate the private communication. No substantive policy matters or political topics were addressed during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 9:39 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-083 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-083

Date: October 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:35 am and 9:39 am
Location: White House Telephone

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 377-11A]

        Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox.

Also recorded on October 29, 1972

  • 377-007 9:20 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:30 am.
  • 377-008 9:30 AM · 44 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 9:30 am and 9:34 am.
  • 377-009 9:30 AM · 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 9:30 am and 9:34 am.
  • 032-082 9:34 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 9:34 am to 9:35 am.
  • 377-010 9:34 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:34 am to 9:35 am.
  • 377-011 9:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Rose Mary Woods, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 9:40 am.
  • 032-084 9:39 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 9:39 am to 9:40 am.
  • 377-012 9:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-083, October 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-083 (accessed October 10, 2026).