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Nixon & Cox on Public appearances and Public relations

Monday, April 17, 1972 · 4:59 PM–5:02 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation710-003 on Tape 710 (tape position 00:03:38–00:06:56)StartMonday, April 17, 1972 at 4:59 PMEndMonday, April 17, 1972 at 5:02 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 710-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon advises his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, on how to navigate a potentially contentious public appearance involving political protesters. He counsels her to remain composed and avoid making official statements if questioned about administration policy or recent announcements by the Secretary of State. The exchange concludes with a brief, supportive discussion regarding her future interest in traveling to the People's Republic of China.

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On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 710-003 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 710-3

Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 4:59 pm - 5:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 23-10]

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Yeah, sure, fine.

Oh, yeah.

I don't know.

Well, you know, I hope they don't discover your name when you're there.

But they might.

So stop the war and don't let it bother you if they do.

Well, I don't know if you, uh, if they, uh, if they've definitely announced your coming, isn't that correct?

Well, I'm just thinking it might, uh, no, I'm just, if they've announced your coming, you should definitely go.

We can't, uh, but you have seats and everything.

Great.

Just go and just keep cool with anything.

Nothing may happen at all.

There's always a few radicals around.

But they aren't going to introduce you, are they, or anything?

Yeah.

But what do you mean, if you didn't say something then?

You mean, if they called on you, you mean?

I see.

Well, I wouldn't say anything if they asked about the announcement.

You see, Secretary of State handled it very well today.

I just want to add on that too, because he testified today and he answered all the questions.

And just say you thought Secretary Rauchy's hand was not very well, you know, in the head.

You think that's, he stated exactly what Rauchy's thinking is and so forth.

And then you look forward to going to the People's Republic of China someday, and that he told you about the report, hope you can go someday.

So along those lines, the very primary, and, and,

have a good time what time do you be back yeah 50 yeah it's a long way yeah too late well okay i'm sure okay you just take good care all right thanks for calling everybody

Also recorded on April 17, 1972

331-010 3:55 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:48 pm.
023-009 4:56 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
710-001 4:56 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
710-002 4:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 4:59 pm.
023-010 4:59 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
710-004 5:02 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Melvin R. Laird, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:50 pm.
710-005 5:50 PM · 56 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 11:59 pm.
023-011 5:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:11 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 710-003, April 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/710-003 (accessed November 12, 2026).