{"conversationCode":"034-020","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-020","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T14:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T14:45:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:44 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Cox, Tricia Nixon; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 5, 1972, Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am. 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[?] Davis view of travel plans in Europe\n            -Use of military aircraft\n                  -Terrorism\n                        -Hijacking\n                  -The President's approval\n                        -Schedule\n                        -Commercial aircraft\n                        -Soviet Union","filename":["034-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Cox, Tricia Nixon","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"034-019","nextCode":"034-021","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.13,"end":5,"text":"Ms. Patricia calling you, sir."},{"start":5.02,"end":5.32,"text":"You are?"},{"start":5.34,"end":5.46,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.48,"end":5.84,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.06,"end":6.78,"text":"Patty, hi."},{"start":6.8,"end":7.08,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.1,"end":9.47,"text":"I'm just going to take a minute of your time because I know you're busy."},{"start":9.49,"end":9.89,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.91,"end":10.01,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.91,"end":12.81,"text":"I heard from Ms. Davis again."},{"start":12.83,"end":12.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.23,"end":19.1,"text":"And she said that they recommended taking military aircraft in Europe."},{"start":19.5,"end":22.72,"text":"because of the terrorist, you know, the hijack over there."},{"start":23.76,"end":28.05,"text":"And she said that she thought you had gone through it and you didn't say anything."},{"start":28.09,"end":29.96,"text":"So did that mean you approved it or not?"},{"start":30,"end":32.05,"text":"In other words, you looked over the schedule."},{"start":32.87,"end":33.97,"text":"I hadn't signaled that out."},{"start":33.99,"end":36.66,"text":"No, I'd... You think we should take commercial?"},{"start":36.68,"end":37.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":37.48,"end":37.82,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.84,"end":41.7,"text":"In Russia, do what you want, but no, you can't fly with military aircraft in Europe."},{"start":41.9,"end":42.28,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":42.62,"end":43.19,"text":"Okay, good."},{"start":43.21,"end":44.43,"text":"Well, then I will tell her that."},{"start":44.51,"end":44.93,"text":"That's right."},{"start":45.09,"end":46.41,"text":"Just do the commercial planes."},{"start":46.79,"end":47.05,"text":"That's right."},{"start":47.07,"end":47.41,"text":"Okay, good."},{"start":47.63,"end":48.33,"text":"Okay."},{"start":48.35,"end":48.71,"text":"Okay."},{"start":48.73,"end":48.81,"text":"Bye."},{"start":48.84,"end":50.46,"text":"Thanks, Tony."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon discussed travel arrangements for an upcoming trip to Europe. Addressing concerns over terrorism and hijacking, Tricia sought the President’s guidance on whether to utilize military or commercial aircraft. Nixon ultimately directed that commercial flights be used for the European portion of the travel, while granting flexibility for flights within the Soviet Union.","topics":["Tricia Nixon Cox","Air travel","Security","Terrorism","European travel","Soviet Union"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:28:11.507Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon-cox","air-travel","security","terrorism","european-travel","soviet-union"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-020.mp3","bytes":1348144,"durationSec":56.04,"bitrate":192454,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.139Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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