Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-073

Cox & Donfeld on Personal correspondence and Archival withdrawal

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 1:46 PM–6:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 min

ParticipantsCox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Donfeld, Jeffrey; Cox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Donfeld, JeffreyConversation004-073 on Tape 4 (tape position 02:48:52–03:07:43)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 1:46 PMEndTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 6:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-073 ↗

Tricia Nixon Cox, Jeffrey Donfeld, and unidentified participants engaged in a telephonic conversation routed through the White House operator. The primary content of the discussion remains inaccessible due to the withdrawal of a substantial personal segment. Consequently, no specific developments, decisions, or action items are available for historical analysis.

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On June 8, 1971, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Jeffrey Donfeld talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 6:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-073 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-73

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 6:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon talked with the White House operator.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/25/2022.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-073-w001]
[Duration: 18m 52s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Conversation 004-073, June 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/004-073 (accessed October 12, 2026).