Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-171

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal calls

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 5:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-171 on Tape 37StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:39 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-171 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation was brief and served solely as a procedural request to initiate the connection. No substantive policy matters or official developments were addressed during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-171 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-171

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 5:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 885-2]

       Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on March 20, 1973

  • 885-001 4:09 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 037-172 5:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 885-002 5:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:39 pm.
  • 885-003 5:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:40 pm.
  • 885-004 5:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 885-005 5:40 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 885-006 5:45 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 885-007 6:00 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-171, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-171 (accessed October 2, 2026).