Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-006

Nixon phone call with Cox on POW dinner and Ron Ziegler

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 1:21 PM–1:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation044-006 on Tape 44StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:21 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-006 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195551 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, regarding administrative arrangements for an upcoming dinner honoring returning prisoners of war (POWs). The President informed her that Press Secretary Ron Ziegler would contact First Lady Pat Nixon to coordinate the event's public relations strategy, specifically regarding the timing of announcements for the dinner and the entertainment. To maintain exclusivity and control the guest list, the President decided to delay the public announcement of celebrity participants like Bob Hope.

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NARA Description

On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-006

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 422-27]

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

       President’s schedule
             -Meeting with George P. Shultz
             -Trip to Florida

       Dinner for prisoners of war [POWs]
            -Announcement
                   -Ronald L. Ziegler
                         -Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                                -Richard M. Helms [?]
                   -Leslie T (“Bob”) Hope’s appearance
                         -Timing

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Daddy?
You feeling better?
Sure, I'm feeling better all the time.
Good.
How are you feeling?
I'm fine.
Well, I've been busy today.
I have to see Schultz in about an hour, and then take off for Florida about 4.30.
Right.
I want to tell you that Ron Ziegler will be calling Mommy.
He tried earlier, but we would like to announce the dinner.
Yes, I mean, for the POWs this afternoon.
And I told him to be sure to call Mommy and Helen's, but to let them know.
We're not going to announce the Bob Hope part of it until later.
But I told him to point out that Mrs. Nixon was planning the dinner and the entertainment and so forth and so on.
Our whole thing will not be announced until later because we don't want to announce it until we get all the stars.
But line up.
Well, otherwise a lot of jerks will be wanting to come and we don't want them to come.
See?
That's right.
So you get the people you want.
Just tell Mommy to be sure to take the call when Ziegler calls her.
Oh, I sure will.
Okay, honey.
Bye.
Talk to you later.
Bye-bye.

Also recorded on March 22, 1973

  • 044-003 1:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:14 pm.
  • 422-023 1:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:13 pm.
  • 044-004 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm.
  • 044-005 1:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-024 1:14 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 422-025 1:14 PM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-026 1:14 PM · 12 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 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-027 1:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:21 pm to 1:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-006, March 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195551). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-006 (accessed November 15, 2026).