Nixon White House TapesTape 13 › Conversation 013-019

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Wednesday, October 27, 1971 · 9:40 AM–12:23 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation013-019 onTape 13 (tape position 00:36:30–00:36:37)StartWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 9:40 AMEndWednesday, October 27, 1971 at 12:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-019 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The interaction was brief and served solely to manage the logistics of placing this private communication. No substantive policy matters or official developments were discussed during the exchange.

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Okay, bye.
Good luck.
Uh, uh, pressure, please.
Yes, that's right.

On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 12:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 13-19

Date: October 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 12:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 603-2]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
  • 603-001 9:40 AM · 2 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:40 am to 12:22 pm.
  • 603-002 12:22 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 12:23 pm.
  • 013-020 12:23 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 603-003 12:23 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:52 pm.
  • 013-021 12:36 PM · 1 min — Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 603-004 12:53 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 603-005 1:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 603-006 1:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:13 pm.

Conversation 013-019, October 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-019 (accessed September 18, 2026).