Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-102

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 7:13 PM–7:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-102 on Tape 32StartTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 7:13 PMEndTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 7:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-102 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a private telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish the connection. No other policy matters or administrative developments were discussed during the interaction.

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Patricia, please?
Yes.

On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-102 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-102

Date: October 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm
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.

        Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox.
  • 032-100 7:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:02 pm and 7:03 pm.
  • 032-101 7:03 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:03 pm to 7:13 pm.
  • 032-103 7:18 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:18 pm to 7:19 pm.
  • 032-104 7:19 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:19 pm to 7:20 pm.
  • 379-001 8:26 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
  • 032-105 8:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:55 am to 8:56 am.
  • 379-002 8:55 AM · 1 min — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:55 am to 8:56 am.
  • 032-106 9:00 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:00 am.

Conversation 032-102, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-102 (accessed October 12, 2026).