Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-047

Nixon phone call with Cox on Look magazine and Media relations

Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 3:03 PM–3:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation001-047 on Tape 1 (tape position 01:47:40–01:50:43)StartThursday, April 8, 1971 at 3:03 PMEndThursday, April 8, 1971 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox discussed the logistics and editorial control surrounding an upcoming Look magazine feature profiling them. The pair reviewed the status of accompanying photographs, the timing of the release, and coordination with staff members Constance Stuart and Julie Robinson. They further addressed the broader demands for Tricia’s television appearances and the necessity of managing her media scheduling alongside personal commitments at Camp David.

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NARA Description

On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 1-47

Date: April 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 475-22a]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/20/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[001-047-w001]
[Duration: 3m 5s]

       Weather

       Look magazine
            -Story on the President and Tricia Nixon Cox
                  -The President’s participation
                        -Editorial control
                              -Story
                              -Photographs
                        -Release of story
                              -Timing
                              -Julie Robinson
                              -Constance M. Stuart
                  -Previous story in Ladies Home Journal
                        -Timing
                  -The President’s opinion

       Television appearances
            -Demand
            -Talk shows
            -Interviews
                   -Constance M. Stuart
                        -President’s opinion
                   -Scheduling

       Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
             -Look magazine story
             -Camp David

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This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:55 pm.

Also recorded on April 8, 1971

  • 475-020 1:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph H. Cake, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:04 pm to 1:11 pm.
  • 475-021 1:12 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryan Lewis, Jenifer Pine, James Little, Erich Hoffman, Harman Carswell, Susan Horsley, Carol Eags, Amy Gellis, White House photographer, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Gordon C. Strachan, Jack Dempsey, and Mrs. Jack Dempsey met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 475-022 3:03 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 475-023 3:56 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Douglas MacArthur, II, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 475-024 4:23 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Keith J. Holyoake, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., White House photographer, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:23 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 052-005 4:30 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 7:13 pm.
  • 475-025 4:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:13 pm.
  • 475-026 4:59 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 001-047, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-047 (accessed October 23, 2026).