Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-038

Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal correspondence and Family

Friday, July 21, 1972 · 4:10 PM–4:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation027-038 on Tape 27StartFriday, July 21, 1972 at 4:10 PMEndFriday, July 21, 1972 at 4:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-038 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The exchange served as a personal check-in between family members. No substantive policy matters or official White House business were recorded during this communication.

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Patricia's on her mind, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On July 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-38

Date: July 21, 1972
Time: 4:10 pm - 4:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 750-10]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 23s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on July 21, 1972

  • 027-036 4:07 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 750-008 4:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 027-037 4:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 750-009 4:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 750-010 4:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 027-039 4:13 PM · 14 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:13 pm on July 21, 1972 and 11:55 am on July 24, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 750-011 4:13 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 750-012 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-038, July 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-038 (accessed October 2, 2026).