Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-039
Nixon phone call with Cox on US-USSR summit and Gift giving
Friday, June 22, 1973 · 1:36 PM–1:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, regarding appropriate reciprocal gifts for Viktoria Brezhnev and her family following the US-USSR summit. The President suggested obtaining high-quality watches from a New York City craftsman, noting that Rose Mary Woods could facilitate the request. He tasked Tricia with coordinating with her mother and sister, Julie, to finalize the selection of gifts.
- US-USSR summit
- Gift giving
- Diplomacy
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Rose Mary Woods
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NARA Description
On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:36 pm to 1:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 41-39
Date: June 22, 1973
Time: 1:36 pm - 1:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox. The recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.
[See also Conversation 448-1]
Gifts
-Viktoria Brezhnev and family
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Boehm birds
-Visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Unnamed craftsman
Watchmaker
-New York City
-Rose Mary Woods
US-USSR summit
-Television [TV] broadcast
-Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on June 22, 1973
- 448-001 1:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:36 pm to 1:41 pm.
- 041-040 1:41 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 448-002 1:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 041-041 1:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 448-003 1:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 041-042 1:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:51 pm.
- 448-004 1:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:51 pm.
- 041-043 1:51 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 1:51 pm to 1:58 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 041-039, June 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-039 (accessed October 10, 2026).