Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-098
Nixon phone call with Cox on Willy Brandt and J. Edgar Hoover
Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 11:25 AM–11:30 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to discuss his recent schedule and personal matters during the post-Christmas period. The conversation covered his upcoming travel plans to Florida, his meetings with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and his interest in the Washington Redskins football team. The call served primarily as a brief familial check-in regarding the President's professional engagements and leisure activities.
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NARA Description
On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-98
Date: December 26, 1971
Time: 11:25 am - 11:30 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See Conversation No. 310-22]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
25s segment cleared for release with two segments of 2m 55s and 1m 17s remaining closed as 017-
098-w001 and 017-098-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[017-098-w001]
[Duration: 2m 55s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
-Florida
-Meeting with Willy Brandt
-Meeting with J. Edgar Hoover
-Football
-Redskins
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[017-098-w002]
[Duration: 1m 17s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
**********************************************************************Also recorded on December 26, 1971
- 017-097 11:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 pm.
- 310-020 11:21 AM · 8 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 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
- 310-021 11:21 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
- 310-022 11:25 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
- 017-099 11:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:45 am.
- 310-023 11:30 AM · 16 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 11:30 am and 11:45 am.
- 017-100 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.
- 310-024 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-098, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-098 (accessed October 11, 2026).