Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-042
Nixon phone call with Cox on Camp David and Alexander Haig
Wednesday, April 19, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed their respective schedules and upcoming plans for a family visit to Camp David. The President coordinated the timing of his arrival with Tricia and First Lady Pat Nixon, noting the First Lady's prior commitments to an International Choral Festival. The call also briefly addressed the President's ongoing meeting with Alexander Haig following Haig's recent return from Vietnam.
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-42
Date: April 19, 1972
Time: 5:01-5:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See also Conversation No. 713-2]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019. 1m
25s segment cleared for release with two segments of 6s and 2s remaining closed as 023-042-w001
and 023-042-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-042-w001]
[Duration: 1m 25s]
Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
The President's schedule
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Recent return from Vietnam trip
-Meeting with President on April 19, 1972
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[023-042-w001]
[Duration: 6s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
-Dinner with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Trip to Camp David April 20, 1972
-Departure after reception for American Society of Newspaper Editors
-Tricia Nixon Cox's schedule
-April 22, 1972 departure for Chicago
-Possibility of joining President at Camp David
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-Inability to join President at Camp David until April 21, 1972
-Reception for the International Choral Festival
-Staff work with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Currently meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[023-042-w002]
[Duration: 2s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
**********************************************************************Also recorded on April 19, 1972
- 023-040 4:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:58 pm.
- 023-041 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 713-002 5:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 713-003 5:02 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 331-033 5:05 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:35 pm.
- 713-004 5:05 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 023-043 5:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:28 pm.
- 023-044 5:28 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:28 pm to 5:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-042, April 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-042 (accessed October 12, 2026).