Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-050
Cox & Woods on Camp David
Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 12:57 PM–1:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
Rose Mary Woods contacted Tricia Nixon Cox via a White House operator to coordinate the First Family's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on logistics for an impending trip to Camp David, specifically regarding helicopter travel and dining arrangements. The conversation also weighed the relative benefits of hosting a dinner at the White House versus Camp David for the President.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1972, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 1:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-50
Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:57 and 1:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Rose Mary Woods talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 714-14A]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox
Rose Mary Woods talked with Tricia Nixon Cox at an unknown time.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-050-w001]
[Duration: 35s]
Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Trip to Camp David
-Helicopter
-Dinner at Camp David
-Preference
-Dinner at White House
-Compared to dinner at Camp David
-Benefits for President
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-050, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193385). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-050 (accessed October 30, 2026).