Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-033
Cox phone call on White House operator and Telecommunications
Friday, September 29, 1972 · 6:44 PM–11:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
Edward R. F. Cox, President Nixon's son-in-law, contacted the White House operator to facilitate a communication. The brief interaction consisted of a routine administrative exchange regarding the routing of a call. No substantive policy discussions or political decisions were recorded during this brief connection.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
Edward R. F. Cox and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 30-33 Date: September 29-30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:44 pm, September 29 and 11:52 am, September 30, 1972 Location: White House Telephone Edward R.F. Cox talked with the White House operator. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
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- 788-016 5:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 788-017 5:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 788-019 6:30 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 788-020 6:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 788-021 6:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 030-032 6:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Carter talked on the telephone from 6:42 pm to 6:44 pm.
- 030-034 6:44 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 030-033, September 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-033 (accessed October 12, 2026).