Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-078
Cox & United States Secret Service agents on White House maintenance
Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 6:56 PM–8:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 51 sec
AI Summary
Tricia Nixon Cox initiated a telephone call through the White House operator to consult with Secret Service agents regarding the ongoing construction of the White House tennis courts. She requested specific information and a status update on the project from the personnel on site. This routine inquiry primarily focused on logistical details concerning the facility's development.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- White House maintenance
- Secret Service
- tennis courts
- construction status
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and United States Secret Service agents talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-078 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-78
Date: Unknown between June 8 and June 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:56 pm, June 8 and 8:24 am, June 9, 1971
Location: White House Telephone
Tricia Nixon talked with the White House operator.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/25/2022.
[Personal Returnable]
[004-078-w001]
[Duration: 50s]
Request to speak to usher's office
-Agent Novack
Tricia Nixon Cox talked with a Secret Service agent at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and
8:24 am
Tennis courts
-Status
-Under construction
-Request for more information
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- 514-024 5:31 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 8:10 pm.
- 004-075 6:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:56 pm.
- 004-076 6:56 PM · 38 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, Edward R. F. Cox, and Ray M. Hare talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
- 004-077 6:56 PM · 17 sec — Ray M. Hare and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
- 004-079 6:56 PM · 26 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:56 pm on June 8, 1971 and 8:24 am on June 9, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-078, 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/004-078 (accessed October 12, 2026).