Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-116
Nixon phone call with Cox on J. Edgar Hoover and Camp David
Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:57 PM–4:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon spoke with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to discuss his inability to return to Camp David and the passing of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The two addressed Tricia's reaction to Hoover's death and potential memorial arrangements. Additionally, the President updated Tricia on First Lady Pat Nixon’s travel schedule regarding her trip to Miami Beach to receive an award from the National Retired Teachers Association.
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Pat Nixon
- Camp David
- FBI
- National Retired Teachers Association
- Presidential schedule
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-116 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-116
Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 4:57-4:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See also Conversation No. 334-36C]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019. 1m
3s segment cleared for release with two segments of 4s and 15s remaining closed as 023-116-w001
and 023-116-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-116-w001]
[Duration: 1m 3s]
The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez before the conversation began.
[See Conversation no. 334-36]
[End of conferral]
The President's schedule
-Inability to return to Camp David
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[Duration: 4s]
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The President's statement on J. Edgar Hoover's death
-Reaction of Tricia Nixon Cox
-Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI] memorial
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-May 2, 1972 trip to Miami Beach, Florida
-Award from National Retired Teachers Association
-Return time
-Returning to White House evening of May 2, 1972
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[Duration: 15s]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on May 2, 1972
- 023-112 4:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
- 334-034 4:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
- 023-113 4:40 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
- 334-035 4:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
- 334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
- 023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
- 023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
- 023-117 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 5:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-116, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-116 (accessed October 9, 2026).