Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 161 › Conversation 161-004

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on personal correspondence

Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 3:30 PM–5:18 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation161-004 on Tape 161StartSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 3:30 PMEndSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 5:18 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 161-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator in an attempt to reach his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. Upon learning she was unavailable, he requested that the operator facilitate the call once she returned. The exchange served exclusively as a brief administrative coordination to establish contact with his daughter.

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Hello.

Mr. President, I find that Patricia is out for about an hour, they think.

Oh, fine.

You can, whenever she comes in, okay?

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:18 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 161-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 161-4

Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:18 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The Camp David operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 241-9]

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 161-5 (cont’d)

       Call to Tricia Nixon Cox by telephone
               -Location

Also recorded on February 3, 1973

242-001 2:45 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
242-002 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
242-003 2:45 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
242-004 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
161-003 3:30 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:30 pm.
241-008 3:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 3:30 pm.
241-009 3:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:18 pm.
241-010 3:30 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 6:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 161-004, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/161-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).