Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 8:30 AM–8:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation served primarily as a logistical request to reach her at her residence in New York City. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-21
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 8:30 am - 8:44 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 937-2]
Request for telephone call
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Location
-New York CityAlso recorded on June 12, 1973
- 937-001 8:30 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:35 am.
- 937-002 8:35 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:44 am.
- 040-022 8:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:44 am to 8:46 am.
- 937-003 8:44 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:18 am.
- 040-023 9:18 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:18 am.
- 937-004 9:18 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:18 am.
- 040-024 9:19 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:25 am.
- 937-005 9:19 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 10:00 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-021, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).