Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-121
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications
Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 5:02 PM–5:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation was purely administrative, serving only to facilitate a private connection between the President and a family member. No policy matters or substantive political issues were addressed during the brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-121
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:02 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 443-29]
Request for telephone call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on June 6, 1973
- 039-120 4:56 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:02 pm.
- 443-027 4:56 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Hugh Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 443-028 5:02 PM · 23 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 5:02 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 443-029 5:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 039-122 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 443-030 5:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 443-031 5:07 PM · 28 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 5:07 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 443-032 5:07 PM · 22 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 5:07 pm and 5:33 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-121, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-121 (accessed September 28, 2026).