Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-032

Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal correspondence

Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 12:58 PM–12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation021-032 on Tape 21 (tape position 01:15:19–01:15:52)StartWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 12:58 PMEndWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-032 ↗

President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, held a brief, informal telephone conversation. The majority of the recorded interaction consisted of a personal segment that was subsequently withdrawn from public release. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented during this exchange.

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On March 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:58 pm to 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-032 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 21-32

Date: March 9, 1972
Time: 12:58 pm - 12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 322-31]

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[Duration: 33s ]

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  • 021-029 12:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 021-030 12:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 321-019 12:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 321-020 12:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 021-031 12:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 12:57 pm.
  • 021-033 12:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 021-034 1:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:51 pm.

Conversation 021-032, March 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-032 (accessed October 5, 2026).