Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-206
Nixon phone call with Cox on Family relations
Monday, May 31, 1971 · 6:50 PM–6:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The discussion was personal in nature, reflecting typical family interaction rather than formal administrative or policy business. No significant political developments or official actions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-206 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-206
Date: May 31, 1971
Time: 6:50 pm - 6:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 254-024]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/26/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-206-w001]
[Duration: 2m 2s]
Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-Claire Boothe Luce
-Mike Cowles of Look
-A previous article
- Claire Boothe Luce
-Time connections
-Quality of Time
Mike and Jenny Cowles
The President’s schedule
-President's speech
-Preparation
Tricia Cox
-Dinner
King Timahoe
William P. Rogers
-Trip to Lisbon
-North American Treaty Organization [NATO] conference
-Length of telephone call to President
King Timahoe
-Running in yard
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Also recorded on May 31, 1971
- 003-204 6:38 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:38 pm to 6:42 pm.
- 003-205 6:42 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 254-022 6:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 254-023 6:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 254-024 6:50 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:52 pm.
- 003-207 6:52 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm.
- 254-025 6:52 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm.
- 254-026 6:52 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 7:13 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-206, May 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188649). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-206 (accessed November 11, 2026).