Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-040

Nixon phone call with Cox on Dinner plans and Weather

Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 2:38 PM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation025-040 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:06:43–02:08:02)StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 2:38 PMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-040 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193703 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to discuss dinner arrangements for that evening. Concerned about potential rain and wind, Nixon suggested moving the dinner from the Truman Balcony to either the dining room or the yellow oval room. Cox agreed to make the decision and finalize the indoor location for the 7:00 pm meal.

Dinner plans
Weather
Truman Balcony
Yellow Oval Room
Dining Room
President's schedule

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NARA Description

On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-40

Date: June 11, 1972
Time: 2:38 pm - 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 341-31]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/25/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-040-w001]
[Duration: 1m 9s]

     Greetings

     Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

     Dinner plans
          -Weather for dinner on Truman Balcony
          -Alternative dinner plans

     The President’s schedule
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]
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CoxHello?

NixonHi, Tricia.

CoxHi.

NixonListen, ah, mother's sleeping, I don't want to wake her up, but I wanted to talk to you about dinner tonight.

CoxOh, yes. Yes, I asked [unintelligible]-

NixonWe, eh, eh, ah-you know she wants to eat on the porch. The only thing is, they say it's going to rain, and the wind is coming from the south, so you'll blow off the porch.

CoxOh.

NixonSo, I thought, maybe we ought to-I think we ought to plan, so that-not having everything rushed in at the last minute, why don't we-why don't you have them set it in either in the dining room, or in the yellow oval room, whichever you think is the best?

CoxYeah, that would be, that'd be fun. Which would you prefer?

NixonWell, ah, maybe in the-maybe in the yellow room, you know, we could set a table in front of the window, or would that be too much of a job?

CoxNo, I don't think so at all.

NixonOr we could have it in the dining room, in front of the window there, see? Either one, suit yourself, but just not out in the rain, because-

CoxSure.

Nixon-if the-if it's going to rain-it looks right now like it might rain. And they predict rain for the-from 4:00 o'clock on.

CoxYeah, it's looked like rain all day.

NixonYeah, right. So, uh, I'm over here at the EOB, so you can make the decision, and set it either place, okay?

CoxOkay, fine.

NixonWe'll eat at 7:00.

CoxOkay, bye.

NixonBye.

Also recorded on June 11, 1972

341-031 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
025-041 2:39 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
025-042 2:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
341-032 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
341-033 2:39 PM · 18 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 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
341-034 2:39 PM · 1 min — 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 2:39 pm and 3:16 pm.
025-043 3:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.
341-035 3:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-040, June 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193703). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-040 (accessed November 14, 2026).