Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-112
Nixon phone call with Cox on Edward Brooke and H.R. Haldeman
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 4:56 PM–4:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed the logistics and political implications of Tricia and Edward F. Cox attending Senator Edward Brooke’s birthday party. The conversation focused on the strategic benefits of the couple's appearance at the event, incorporating advice from H.R. Haldeman regarding how their attendance could reflect positively on the President. The participants weighed the importance of the social engagement as a means of demonstrating political support for the administration.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-112 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-112
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: 4:56 pm - 4:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See Conversation No. 291-11D]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[011-112-w001]
[Duration: 1m 10s]
Tricia and Edward F. Cox’s schedule
-Edward Brooke’s birthday party
-H.R. Haldeman’s advice
-Benefits of attendance
-Support of the President
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[Conversation 11-113 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11 -112.]
The President conferred with an unknown person.
J. Edgar Hoover
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 18, 1971
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- 011-116 5:21 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 291-015 5:21 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-112, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-112 (accessed September 28, 2026).