Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-086
Nixon phone call with Cox on Sequoia and White House social events
Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 10:34 AM–10:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 59 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed logistics for upcoming First Family social events. The conversation focused on coordinating plans for a dinner with Pat Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, as well as the potential use of the presidential yacht, Sequoia. They also touched upon ongoing preparations related to Tricia's recent wedding.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Pat Nixon
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Sequoia
- White House social events
- wedding preparations
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NARA Description
On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:34 am to 10:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-086 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 4-86
Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 10:34 am - 10:35 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 255-33A]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-086-w001]
[Duration: 59s]
Noise
-President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
-Evening of June 9, 1971
-Potential use of Sequoia
-Evening of June 8, 1971
-Out with Edward R.F. Cox
-Evening of June 9, 1971
-Plans with President and Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Dinner
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-President
-Potential First Family outing on Sequoia
-Arrangements
-Potential dinner on White House balcony
Wedding preparations
***********************************************************************Also recorded on June 9, 1971
- 004-085 9:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:24 am.
- 255-032 9:25 AM · 7 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 9:25 am and 10:34 am.
- 255-023 10:29 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:34 am.
- 255-031 10:29 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:34 am.
- 255-033 10:34 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:34 am to 12:00 pm.
- 004-087 10:35 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:38 am.
- 004-088 10:38 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:38 am to 10:39 am.
- 004-089 10:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 12:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 004-086, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-086 (accessed September 27, 2026).