Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-060

Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal communication and Privacy restrictions

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 2:39 PM–2:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation042-060 on Tape 42 (tape position 01:07:41–01:12:16)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:39 PMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 2:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon engaged in a personal telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The recording consists almost entirely of a withdrawn segment categorized as a personal returnable item. Due to these privacy restrictions, no substantive political or administrative details are available for review.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-60

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 2:39 pm - 2:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 251-6]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2018.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[042-060-w001]
[Duration: 4m 32s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on April 20, 1971

  • 042-058 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
  • 042-059 2:38 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-003 2:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:38 pm.
  • 251-004 2:38 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-005 2:38 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-052 2:38 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 251-006 2:39 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:44 pm.
  • 042-061 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-060, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-060 (accessed October 3, 2026).