Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-173

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 7:10 PM–7:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-173 on Tape 37StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 7:10 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 7:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-173 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. He specifically requested that the operator connect him to an individual named Cooley to facilitate the conversation. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a personal line of communication for the President.

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Cooley, please.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-173 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-173

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 422-2]

       Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on March 21, 1973

  • 422-001 7:10 PM · 12 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 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm.
  • 422-002 7:10 PM · 11 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 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm.
  • 885-008 7:10 PM · 42 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 9:27 pm.
  • 037-174 7:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:24 pm to 7:26 pm.
  • 422-003 7:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:24 pm to 7:26 pm.
  • 037-175 7:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 422-004 7:26 PM · 10 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 7:26 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 422-034 7:26 PM · 9 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 7:26 pm and 7:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-173, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-173 (accessed October 2, 2026).