Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-148
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal calls
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 6:30 PM–6:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on December 5, 1972
- 386-002 6:20 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:29 pm.
- 386-003 6:29 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:29 pm to 6:30 pm.
- 386-004 6:30 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 034-026 6:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:43 pm to 6:44 pm.
- 386-005 6:44 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-006 6:44 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-007 6:44 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-008 6:44 PM · 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-148, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-148 (accessed September 28, 2026).