Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-059
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 2:38 PM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon. The brief interaction served exclusively to facilitate this private communication. No substantive policy matters or administrative actions were discussed during the exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 42-59
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Tricia NixonAlso recorded on April 20, 1971
- 042-058 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
- 251-003 2:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:38 pm.
- 251-004 2:38 PM · 20 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 251-005 2:38 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 251-052 2:38 PM · 8 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 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 042-060 2:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
- 251-006 2:39 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
- 042-061 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 042-059, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-059 (accessed October 3, 2026).