Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 287 › Conversation 287-012
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on personal communications
Monday, October 11, 1971 · 2:27 PM–2:36 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a personal communication. No policy matters or significant government business were addressed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 11, 1971, 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 2:27 pm and 2:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 287-12
Date: October 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:36 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 11-37]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on October 11, 1971
- 011-036 2:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 287-010 2:25 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 011-037 2:27 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 287-011 2:27 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 287-013 2:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 011-038 2:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at 2:39 pm.
- 011-039 2:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:47 pm.
- 287-014 2:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 287-012, October 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).