Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-024
Nixon phone call with Cox on Diplomatic reception and White House protocol
Thursday, June 3, 1971 · 8:03 PM–8:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed the logistics and scheduling for an upcoming diplomatic reception. They reviewed plans for gift presentations, the formation of the receiving line involving the First Family and the Cox family, and the potential for a public statement. Additionally, they coordinated arrangements for an official photograph of the First Family intended for use by Time and Life magazines.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Diplomatic reception
- White House protocol
- First Family
- Press relations
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NARA Description
On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:03 pm to 8:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-24
Date: June 3, 1971
Time: 8:03 pm - 8:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/18/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-024-w001]
[Duration: 1m 41s]
Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
-Diplomatic reception on June 4, 1971
-Gift presentation
-Edward R. F. Cox
-Possible statement by Tricia Nixon Cox
-Receiving line
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
-The President and Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Diplomats
-Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox
-Edward R. F. Cox
-Possible statement by Tricia Nixon Cox
Photographs
-Picture of the First Family
-June 4, 1971
-Time magazine
-Life magazine
**********************************************************************Also recorded on June 4, 1971
- 004-025 9:02 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 11:13 am.
- 512-001 9:02 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:05 am.
- 512-002 9:05 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 9:08 am.
- 512-003 9:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:42 am.
- 512-033 9:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:42 am.
- 512-034 9:08 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:42 am.
- 512-004 9:42 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 10:22 am.
- 512-005 10:27 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 11:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-024, June 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).