Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-054
Nixon phone call with Cox on Family and Personal correspondence
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 12:45 PM–12:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon engaged in a brief personal telephone call with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation functioned as a private familial check-in rather than a discussion regarding official government policy or administrative business. No significant political developments or strategic decisions resulted from this interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-54 Date: October 16, 1972 Time: 12:45 pm - 12:47 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox. [See Conversation No. 799-19C] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 799-019 11:42 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 12:45 pm.
- 031-053 11:44 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 12:45 pm.
- 031-055 12:47 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 12:47 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 799-037 12:54 PM · 26 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 3:52 pm.
- 367-001 1:26 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-002 1:26 PM · 9 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 1:26 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-003 1:28 PM · 13 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 1:28 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-004 1:28 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 2:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-054, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-054 (accessed October 1, 2026).