Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-025
Nixon phone call with Cox on Family and White House telephony
Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 2:25 PM–2:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, facilitated by a White House operator. The discussion was personal in nature and lacked any substantive policy or administrative content. No official decisions or actions were taken during this exchange.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Personal communication
- Family
- White House telephony
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NARA Description
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-25 Date: August 17, 1971 Time: 2:25 pm - 2:28 pm Location: White House Telephone The White House operator talked with the President. Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 566-10] ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
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Also recorded on August 17, 1971
- 566-008 2:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 566-009 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:25 pm.
- 566-010 2:25 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 008-120 2:28 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 566-011 2:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 566-012 2:42 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 566-013 2:45 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 566-014 2:55 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:23 pm.
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- Nixon phone call with Cox on Family and White House social events July 27, 1971 · 2 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-025, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078721). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-025 (accessed November 3, 2026).