Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-105

Nixon, Cox & Kissinger on Social Planning and Sequoia Yacht

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation004-105 on Tape 4 (tape position 04:00:07–04:02:27)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 5:15 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 5:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-105 ↗

President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Henry A. Kissinger coordinate the logistical details for upcoming social engagements. The primary topics involve the timing of a visit to the Executive Office Building to view wedding presents and the scheduling of a dinner event aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The participants ensure the attendance of First Lady Pat Nixon is appropriately integrated into the timeline of these activities.

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On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-105 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-105

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 5:15 pm - 5:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 255-40D]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2019.

Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-105-w001]
[Duration: 2m 14s]

       President's schedule
              -Executive Office Building [EOB]

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time.

       Henry A. Kissinger's schedule

       [end of conferral]

       President's schedule
              -Visit to the Executive Office Building [EOB] to view wedding presents
                      -Prior to dinner
                      -Trip on Sequoia
                      -Timing
                      -Presence of Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
                      -Timing

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  • 004-103 4:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 004-104 4:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 004-106 5:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm.
  • 004-107 5:18 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 255-041 5:18 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm.
  • 004-108 5:19 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:19 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 004-109 5:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:19 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 255-042 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward R. F. Cox, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:25 pm to 5:30 pm.

Conversation 004-105, 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/004-105 (accessed October 12, 2026).