Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-208
Nixon phone call with Cox on Media relations and Press coverage
Monday, May 31, 1971 · 7:13 PM–7:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discuss media figures and political allies in the context of planning for her upcoming wedding. They review a list of prominent publishers and journalists, evaluating their political leanings and their history of support for the Nixon administration. The conversation serves as an informal assessment of key media influencers as the White House prepares to manage the public relations and guest list for the event.
- Tricia Nixon Cox wedding
- Media relations
- Press coverage
- Political support
- Journalists
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NARA Description
On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:13 pm to 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-208 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-208
Date: May 31, 1971
Time: 7:13 pm - 7:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 254-027]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/26/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-208-w001]
[Duration: 3m 58s]
Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-News people
-James Geddes (“Jimmy”) Stahlman
-Nashville Banner
-Support for the President
-Preston Wolfe
-Columbus, Ohio
-Ohio representatives
-Paul Miller
-Gannet papers
-Rochester
-Support for President
-James Geddes (“Jimmy”) Stahlman
President’s cigar
Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-News people
-Chicago Tribune
-Louise Hutchison
-Pool
-James Geddes (“Jimmy”) Stahlman
-Political orientation compared with Mike Cowles
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Paul Miller
-James S. Copley and Helen (Kinney) Copley
-Otis Chandler and Mayland (“Missy”) (Brant) Chandler
-William Randolph Hearst, Jr and Austine McDonnell Hearst
Tricia Nixon Cox's location
-Yellow Oval
Tricia Nixon Cox leaves at an unknown time between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm.
The President speaks with the White House Operator.
Tricia Nixon Cox returns at an unknown time between 7:13 pm and 7:18 pm.
Tricia Nixon Cox’s location
-Bedroom
Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-News people
-Stahlman, Copley, Cowles, Miller, and Hearst
-David Lawrence
-Support for the President
-U.S. News and World Report
-Age
-Wife
-Public statement regarding invitees
**********************************************************************Also recorded on May 31, 1971
- 254-027 7:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:13 pm to 7:18 pm.
- 003-209 7:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 7:21 pm.
- 254-028 7:18 PM · 22 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 7:18 pm and 7:21 pm.
- 003-210 7:21 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm.
- 254-029 7:21 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm.
- 003-211 7:22 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
- 254-030 7:22 PM · 17 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 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
- 003-212 7:23 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-208, May 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-208 (accessed September 27, 2026).