Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-172

Nixon phone call with Cox on John Ehrlichman and Budget speech

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 5:39 PM–5:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation037-172 on Tape 37StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:39 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-172 ↗

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President Nixon spoke with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to notify her that he would be working late at the White House with John Ehrlichman on a budget speech. He requested that she join First Lady Pat Nixon for dinner in his absence to ensure she was well-cared for. The brief exchange also touched upon the President’s health and the pleasant weather.

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Hello.
Daddy?
Feeling all right today?
Better?
Yeah, I feel a little better.
A little better, not much.
Yeah, no, I do, sure.
How are you?
Fine, fine.
I've been a little busy.
I just called to tell you that I'm going to have to stay over here to do some work with John Erlichman on a...
Right.
On a, uh...
budget speech that we have to make.
Oh, boy.
So if you wouldn't, Mommy could maybe have a bite together over there.
Okay.
You'll be sure she gets plenty to eat if you wouldn't.
Okay.
We'll see you later.
It looks like a pretty good day out, doesn't it?
Not too bad.
Really beautiful day.
Yeah, beautiful.
Did you get out at all?
No, I've been right here in the office all day long.
But it's fine, it's fine.
I don't have to work too late, but I've got to do a little
Okay.
Well, I'll tell Mommy and...
I'm just going to have a bite over here.
I'm just going to have...
I'm not going to even have that.
I'm just going to have some bacon and eggs or something.
Oh, boy.
Okay.
This is all I need.
Right.
We'll see you later, then.
That's right.
Okay, well, and you just take care now.
Okay.
Bye, Daddy.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-172 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-172

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 5:39 pm-5:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 885-3]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       President’s schedule
              -John D. Ehrlichman
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

              -Budget speech preparation
              -Dinner
                     -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
              -Weather
              -The President’s dinner

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Also recorded on March 20, 1973

  • 885-001 4:09 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 037-171 5:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:39 pm.
  • 885-002 5:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:39 pm.
  • 885-003 5:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:40 pm.
  • 885-004 5:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 885-005 5:40 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 885-006 5:45 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 885-007 6:00 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-172, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-172 (accessed October 2, 2026).