{"conversationCode":"034-026","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-026","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T23:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T23:44:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:43 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:43 pm to 6:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-26\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: 6:43 pm - 6:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -John B. Connally\n            -Blair House\n            -Camp David\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Edward R. F. Cox\n           -Bar exam\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Tricia Nixon Cox’s trip\n             -Message to Embassies\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Camp David\n            -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n            -Helene (Cloesie) Drown\n            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n\f                                                -22-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 34-26 (cont’d)\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["034-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"034-025","nextCode":"034-027","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":1.38,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.96,"end":2.16,"text":"Patricia."},{"start":2.18,"end":2.36,"text":"Patricia."},{"start":2.38,"end":2.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":2.88,"end":5.92,"text":"I'm with Secretary Connolly, and I've got to go right over from here to Blair House."},{"start":5.94,"end":6.62,"text":"That's what we thought."},{"start":6.64,"end":6.92,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":6.94,"end":7.5,"text":"And then to Camp David."},{"start":7.53,"end":8.55,"text":"I didn't want to hold you up."},{"start":8.63,"end":10.19,"text":"I thought that nobody told you, huh?"},{"start":11.01,"end":12.03,"text":"No, but that's fine."},{"start":12.05,"end":14,"text":"We just suspected that, so that's great."},{"start":14.02,"end":14.6,"text":"Fine, fine, fine."},{"start":14.68,"end":16.1,"text":"And I'll have him bring me something here."},{"start":16.34,"end":17.1,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":17.22,"end":18.3,"text":"And everything's going okay?"},{"start":18.36,"end":19.32,"text":"Everything's going fine."},{"start":19.34,"end":20.27,"text":"I have some good news."},{"start":20.39,"end":20.73,"text":"What's that?"},{"start":20.89,"end":22.41,"text":"Eddie passed the bar."},{"start":22.81,"end":23.47,"text":"No."},{"start":23.83,"end":25.86,"text":"So that's good news."},{"start":25.88,"end":26.46,"text":"He gets hurt."},{"start":27,"end":27.6,"text":"Is he there?"},{"start":28.04,"end":28.6,"text":"No, he's not."},{"start":28.66,"end":29.48,"text":"He's still in New York."},{"start":29.74,"end":32.2,"text":"Well, be sure that I read a little."},{"start":32.22,"end":33.56,"text":"That's some marvelous news."},{"start":33.58,"end":34.06,"text":"Isn't that great news?"},{"start":34.08,"end":35.06,"text":"Remember when I heard my news?"},{"start":35.16,"end":35.89,"text":"I thought he was thrilled."},{"start":35.93,"end":36.61,"text":"He really was."},{"start":37.63,"end":38.71,"text":"So that's, I just wanted you to know."},{"start":38.75,"end":39.83,"text":"That's all out of the way."},{"start":39.85,"end":40.37,"text":"That's great."},{"start":40.39,"end":40.91,"text":"That's great."},{"start":40.93,"end":42.39,"text":"And I got some of the plans in your trip."},{"start":42.41,"end":46.32,"text":"They've asked me to approve the message to the embassies, and I'm just going to read it and look at it in the morning."},{"start":46.5,"end":47.02,"text":"Okay."},{"start":47.04,"end":48.82,"text":"But in the meantime, I will see you."},{"start":49.76,"end":54.57,"text":"You tell Mommy I have to go to Camp David tonight because we have some announcements and people will be there tomorrow."},{"start":54.59,"end":56.15,"text":"We'll talk to you tomorrow then."},{"start":56.53,"end":62.38,"text":"I'll be there Wednesday, Thursday and Monday and tell Mommy to come up anytime she wants with Elaine, anything she'd like to do."},{"start":62.44,"end":62.54,"text":"Okay."},{"start":62.56,"end":63.89,"text":"Okay, that sounds great, Daddy."},{"start":63.91,"end":65.11,"text":"When does Julie get up?"},{"start":65.13,"end":66.93,"text":"I think she comes in tomorrow sometime."},{"start":66.95,"end":67.69,"text":"Okay, sweetie, bye."},{"start":67.81,"end":68.72,"text":"Okay, bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discussed logistics regarding the President’s travel plans to Blair House and Camp David, as well as upcoming family engagements. The conversation highlighted personal news that Tricia’s husband, Edward R. F. Cox, had successfully passed the bar exam. Additionally, the President noted that he would be reviewing pending diplomatic messages regarding Tricia’s upcoming travel to embassies.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Family matters","Edward R. F. 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