Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-081
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communications
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 1:10 PM–1:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate personal calls to his daughters. After confirming that both Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox were currently unavailable due to travel, the President decided to postpone his outreach. No substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:10 pm to 1:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-081 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-81
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 1:10 pm - 1:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 433-13]
Location of Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Florida
Location of Tricia Nixon Cox
-New York
Next telephone callAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
- 045-078 1:06 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:07 pm.
- 045-079 1:07 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 433-011 1:07 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 045-080 1:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:10 pm.
- 433-012 1:08 PM · 9 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 1:08 pm and 1:10 pm.
- 433-013 1:10 PM · 37 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:10 pm.
- 433-014 1:10 PM · 33 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 1:10 pm and 1:18 pm.
- 433-015 1:10 PM · 10 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 1:10 pm and 1:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-081, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-081 (accessed October 5, 2026).