Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-147
Nixon phone call with Cox on Twenty-sixth Amendment and White House family
Monday, July 5, 1971 · 7:35 PM–7:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, engaged in a brief informal conversation primarily to discuss their respective schedules and personal family matters. They touched upon Tricia's public appearances at the White House fence, the President's upcoming travel plans, and his official duties regarding the certification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment. The call also served to coordinate family communications regarding Julie Nixon Eisenhower's birthday plans.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Twenty-sixth Amendment
- Presidential schedule
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Pat Nixon
- White House family
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On July 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:35 pm to 7:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-147 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 6-147
Date: July 5, 1971
Time: 7:35 pm - 7:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/02/2023. 1m
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[Duration: 31s]
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[Personal Returnable]
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[Duration: 1m 35s]
The President's schedule
-Certification of Twenty-sixth amendment
Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Signing autographs at White House fence
-Tourists
-Pakistan
-India
-Europe
-New York
-New Jersey
The President's schedule
-Certification of Twenty-sixth amendment
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/02/2023.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
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[Duration: 53s]
The President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Swimming
-July 6, 1971
-California
-Kansas City, Missouri
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Birthday
-Telephone call from the President
-Telephone call from Tricia Nixon Cox
-Dinner at the embassy
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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- 006-142 6:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm.
- 006-143 7:21 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:25 pm.
- 006-144 7:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm.
- 006-145 7:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:26 pm to 7:28 pm.
- 006-146 7:28 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:28 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 006-147, July 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-147 (accessed September 21, 2026).