Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-034
Nixon phone call with Cox on First Family and Public Relations
Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 2:48 PM–2:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discuss various personal and professional matters, including their upcoming schedules and the public relations surrounding First Family speaking engagements. They review recent activities involving Julie Nixon Eisenhower and the media coverage of her appearances, as well as the status of Pat Nixon's goodwill tour to Africa. Additionally, the President touches upon his planned trip to Florida and his anticipated address to the AFL-CIO convention.
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NARA Description
On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-34
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 2:48 pm - 2:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Tricia Nixon Cox
The President talked with Tricia Cox.
[See also Conversation No. 294-21]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/24/2019.
2m 33s segment cleared for release with two segments of 45s and 1m 11s remaining closed as
015-034-w001 and 015-034-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[015-034-w001]
[Duration: 2m 33s]
Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-Previous conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
convention
-President’s speech
-Possible walkout from members
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[015-034-w001]
[Duration: 45s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
-First Family speaking engagements
-Contact with Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Press coverage
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Schedule
-Frequency
-Primary states
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Writing talking points
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s opinion
-Assisted Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Appearance before Jewish organization
-New York
-Tricia Nixon Cox's Christmas Seals event in 1970
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Goodwill tour to Africa
-Three countries
-Additional two trips
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[015-034-w002]
[Duration: 1m 11s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The President's schedule
-Florida trip
-November 20–21, 1971
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 18, 1971
- 294-021 2:48 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 015-035 2:56 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:36 pm.
- 294-022 2:56 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 4:50 pm.
- 015-036 3:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 015-037 3:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm.
- 015-038 3:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:51 pm.
- 015-039 3:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm.
- 015-040 4:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-034, November 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/015-034 (accessed October 1, 2026).