Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-079

Cox & United States Secret Service agents on White House facilities

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 6:56 PM–8:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; Cox, Tricia NixonConversation004-079 on Tape 4 (tape position 03:15:50–03:16:15)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 6:56 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 8:24 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-079 ↗

Tricia Nixon Cox consulted with a Secret Service agent regarding the status of the White House tennis courts. The discussion focused on a follow-up to a previous conversation between Agent Novack and Ray M. Hare concerning maintenance or access arrangements. The exchange served as a routine administrative inquiry to confirm the availability or operational standing of the facilities.

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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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-079 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-79

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

Secret Service agent talked with Tricia Nixon.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/25/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-079-w001]
[Duration: 25s]

       Tennis courts
              -Agent Novack's previous conversation with Ray M. Hare
                     -Status

                             -Open

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Conversation 004-079, 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/004-079 (accessed October 12, 2026).