Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-097
Nixon phone call with Cox on Family logistics and Camp David
Tuesday, February 15, 1972 · 10:45 AM–10:47 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed logistics regarding the family's schedule and upcoming travel plans. They coordinated the President’s planned trip to Camp David for work, as well as the respective locations and activities of Pat Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower at the White House. Tricia explored the possibility of joining her father at Camp David during the afternoon.
- Presidential schedule
- Family logistics
- Camp David
- White House activities
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NARA Description
On February 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-097 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-97
Date: February 15, 1972
Time: 10:45 am - 10:47 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See Conversation No. 672-2D]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/13/2019.
1m 32s segment cleared for release. 10s remain closed as 020-097-w001.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-097-w001]
[Duration: 1m 32s]
President's schedule
-Trip to Camp David on February 15, 1972
Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
-Remain at White House
-Reception for the Ladies Auxiliary on February 15, 1972
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-Remain at White House
Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
-Potentially joining President
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[020-097-w001]
[Duration: 10s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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President’s schedule
-Trip to Camp David afternoon of February 15, 1972
-Work
Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
**********************************************************************Also recorded on February 15, 1972
- 020-095 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 10:21 am.
- 672-002 9:12 AM · 3 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Dwight L. Chapin, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 12:47 pm.
- 020-096 10:30 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:45 am.
- 672-003 12:47 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
- 672-004 12:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
- 672-005 12:47 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
- 672-006 12:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 12:56 pm.
- 672-007 12:56 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-097, February 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-097 (accessed October 12, 2026).