Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-126

Nixon phone call with Cox on Travel coordination and Merv Griffin Show

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 4:35 PM–4:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation025-126 on Tape 25 (tape position 05:14:43–05:16:04)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 4:35 PMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 4:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-126 ↗

President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, engaged in a brief telephone conversation to coordinate her upcoming travel schedule. The discussion centered on logistics for her trip to California, specifically regarding ticket distribution for an appearance on the Merv Griffin Show in Los Angeles. They also touched upon her broader travel plans, including an upcoming visit to Texas.

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On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-126 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-126

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: 4:35-4:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 740-7A]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/1/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[025-126-w001]
[Duration: 1m 16s]
     Greetings

     Merv Griffin Show
         -David N. Parker
         -Ticket distribution
         -Los Angeles, California

The President conferred with H. R. Haldeman at 4:36 P.M.

[See Conversation No. 740-7A]

[End of conferral]

     Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
           -Merv Griffin Show
           -California
           -Texas

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  • 740-004 4:06 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, John Cardinal Krol, John Gurash, Charles W. Colson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:06 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 025-124 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
  • 025-125 4:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
  • 740-005 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
  • 740-006 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
  • 740-007 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Richard J. Daley, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:35 pm to 5:20 pm.
  • 025-127 5:02 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 025-128 5:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.

Conversation 025-126, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-126 (accessed September 30, 2026).