Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-059
Nixon phone call with Cox on personal communication and family
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 8:19 PM–8:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, and his son-in-law, Edward R.F. Cox. The discussion primarily involved personal family matters and informal exchanges. No significant policy decisions or official government business were addressed during this call.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-059
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 8:19 pm- 8:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Tricia Nixon and Edward R.F. Cox talked with the President.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/15/2017. 5m
16s segment cleared for release with four segments of 2s, 8s, 9s, and 15s remaining closed as 012-
059-w001, 012-059-w002, 012-059-w003, and 012-059-w004 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[012-059-w001]
[Duration: 5m 16s]
Greetings
The President’s announcement of nominees to Supreme Court
-Lewis F. Powell, William H. Rehnquist
-Qualifications
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[012-059-w001]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Duration: 2s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Supreme Court nominees
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Female appointee
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Reflection on Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Qualifications
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[012-059-w002]
[Duration: 8s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Supreme Court nominees
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Female appointee
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Aftermath
-Tricia Nixon Cox call
-Camp David
-Promise of a female nominee
-Experience
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Senate
-Political use
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Delivery of announcement
-Qualifications
-Lewis F. Powell
-Marshall tradition
-William H. Rehnquist
-Stanford
Conservatism
-Edward Cox’s opinion
-Law school
-Felix Frankfurter
-Hugo L. Black
-Constitutionalism
-Versus liberalism
Edward Cox’s law school
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[012-059-w003]
[Duration: 9s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Supreme Court nominees
-American Bar Association [ABA]
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[012-059-w004]
[Duration: 15s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Supreme Court nominees
-Edward Cox’s opinion
-New York Times
-American Bar Association [ABA]
******************************************************************************Also recorded on October 22, 1971
- 012-058 8:03 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 8:03 pm to 8:18 pm.
- 012-060 8:32 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:32 pm to 8:39 pm.
- 012-061 8:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:40 pm.
- 012-062 8:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 8:40 pm to 8:47 pm.
- 012-063 8:48 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:48 pm.
- 012-064 8:48 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 8:48 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 012-065 8:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
- 012-066 8:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-059, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-059 (accessed October 25, 2026).