Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-084
Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal correspondence
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 7:20 PM–7:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon spoke with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in a brief personal telephone call. Because the substantive portion of the conversation was withdrawn for privacy reasons, no policy discussions or administrative decisions are documented. The exchange serves primarily as a record of familial communication within the White House.
- Personal correspondence
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- White House family life
- Executive communication
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:20 pm to 7:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-84 Date: October 16, 1972 Time: 7:20 pm - 7:21 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 28s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 800-006 6:16 PM · 19 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:16 pm on October 16, 1972 and 7:54 am on October 17, 1972.
- 031-087 7:14 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:14 pm to 7:59 pm.
- 031-082 7:19 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:19 pm.
- 031-083 7:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:20 pm.
- 031-085 7:25 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 7:25 pm to 7:37 pm.
- 031-086 7:37 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 7:41 pm.
- 031-088 7:59 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:00 pm.
- 031-089 7:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-084, 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/031-084 (accessed October 12, 2026).