Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 566 › Conversation 566-010

Nixon & Cox on Family and Oval Office

Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 2:25 PM–2:28 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation566-010 on Tape 566 (tape position 02:32:24–02:43:25)StartTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 2:25 PMEndTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 2:28 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 566-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Oval Office. The discussion primarily focused on personal matters, although specific details remain limited due to the withdrawal of one segment of the recording. No major policy developments or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

Audio

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:32:24 to 02:43:25 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On August 17, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 566-10

Date: August 17, 1971
Time: 2:25 pm - 2:28 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 8-25; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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.
  • 008-025 2:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone 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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Cite this conversation

Conversation 566-010, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/566-010 (accessed October 30, 2026).