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
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]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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
******************************************************************************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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-006, March 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/044-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).