Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-011
Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal Communication and White House Tapes
Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:31 PM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone ·20 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, engaged in a brief, personal telephone conversation. The discussion was entirely withdrawn for privacy reasons, resulting in no identifiable policy topics or administrative action items. Consequently, the dialogue holds no substantive historical weight regarding the administration's political or official activities.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-11 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: 12:31 pm - 12:34 pm Location: White House Telephone Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 354-16] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on October 6, 1972
- 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 354-014 12:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm.
- 354-015 12:30 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-016 12:31 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-011, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).