Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-031

Nixon phone call with Cox on International travel and Soviet Union

Sunday, December 10, 1972 · 12:55 PM–6:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Howard (Mrs.)Conversation034-031 on Tape 34StartSunday, December 10, 1972 at 12:55 PMEndSunday, December 10, 1972 at 6:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-031 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841666 ↗

AI Summary

Tricia Nixon Cox speaks with Mrs. Howard Cox regarding the logistics and social itinerary for her upcoming international travel. The conversation focuses on Tricia's planned visits to the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, specifically discussing lodging proximity to the Kremlin and high-profile social engagements. Key events noted include a dinner at 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Edward Heath and attendance at J. Paul Getty's 80th birthday celebration.

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NARA Description

On December 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Howard Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-31

Date: December 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with Mrs. Howard Cox.

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        Tricia Nixon Cox’s upcoming trip to the Soviet Union
              -Spasso House
                   -Location
              -Hotel
                   -Proximity to the Kremlin
                   -United States Embassy

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                     -1969 Inauguration

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        Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
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              -Arrival in United Kingdom
                    -Walter H. and Lenore (Cohn) Annenberg’s schedule
                    -10 Downing Street
                          -Edward R. G. Heath
              -Annenbergs
                    -Janet Neff
                    -Tricia Nixon Cox’s forthcoming conversation with Walter Annenberg

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                -Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
                      - J. Paul Getty birthday party
                             -Howard Cox
                                  -Anne Getty Light
                                         -Relationship with Getty

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Yes, Bowser House, I think, is about 20 minutes away.
Right.
This is very close to the Kremlin, this big hotel.
All right, good.
Well, then we probably can't miss it.
And we can do this at the embassy, because they always know the best places, too.
That's right.
You know, and you just say what you want, and then they show you where to get it, or they get it.
So that's good.
That's right, Trish.
It's like an ascot.
I know what it is.
My mother wore one for the last inauguration because it was so cold.
Right, yeah.
And it was beautiful on it.
And it was disabled.
Yes.
So it's beautiful.
Well, we're off tomorrow to England.
So it's exciting.
And the Annenbergs are giving me a party just before we
And they have like a little party about every night.
So we're doing that.
And then Thursday we're going to 10 Downing Street for dinner.
And they're having some carolers from Westminster Avenue.
We'll give that heat our best.
We will.
We will.
I know that you're friends.
Right.
So that's good.
And tell Mrs. Ann, I just saw Mrs. Ann at NEP.
Was it a luncheon with?
Mrs. Ann is Ambassador Annenberg's sister.
Right.
Yes.
Right.
And she was in the emergency fund luncheon the other day with me.
Oh, good.
Well, I have to tell him that you saw her.
Right.
She's a nice person, too.
Yes, she is.
And very capable.
Right.
She does a lot of great things.
Very much so.
So that will be fun.
And so we have a busy agenda.
So that'll be fun.
Give him my love.
I will.
And then we're going to Paul Getty's 80th birthday.
He's that old.
But we're going right after the dinner at 10 Downing Street.
So we'll just get in for the tail end of that.
But I think that'll be fun.
Oh, it will be.
See him on his 80th birthday.
It will be fun.
Well, we know, you know, Mr. Cox at Popcox knows him.
This is Light, who's his ex-wife, but the mother of his sons.
And I still think they get on very well together.
Oh, do they?
They get on very well together because he admires the way she's brought up one of the boys.
That's very interesting.
It is.
It is good.
Her husband's dead now.
She's a widow again, and Geddy Light is.
And we see quite a lot of her.
We were at a dance together just a couple of weeks ago, and Geddy's a nice person.
Oh, that's good.
Yeah.
That's good.
It sounds interesting and we'll have to tell you all about it when we get back.
Okay?
You do.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-031, December 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841666). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-031 (accessed November 1, 2026).