Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-210

Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal communication and Family matters

Monday, May 31, 1971 · 7:21 PM–7:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation003-210 on Tape 3 (tape position 05:22:02–05:22:33)StartMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:21 PMEndMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-210 ↗

President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to touch base during the evening. The discussion was personal in nature and did not address matters of public policy or administration. No significant political developments or official decisions resulted from this short exchange.

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On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-210 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 003-210

Date: May 31, 1971
Time: 7:21 pm - 7:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 254-029]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/26/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-210-w001]
[Duration: 29s]

     Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
           -Adela Rogers St. Johns

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

             -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
                  -Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cowles et al.
             -Adela Rogers St. Johns
                  -Support for President

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 254-031 7:23 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
  • 254-032 7:24 PM · 13 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 7:24 pm and 10:26 pm.

Conversation 003-210, 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/003-210 (accessed September 27, 2026).