President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The brief interaction served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate this private communication. No further substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during the exchange.
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-148 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 34-148 Date: December 5, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:43 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 386-4B] Request for a call [to Tricia Nixon Cox] -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Dec.-07)
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