{"conversationCode":"044-006","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-006","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T18:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:21 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-006\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.\n\n[See Conversation No. 422-27]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -Meeting with George P. Shultz\n             -Trip to Florida\n\n       Dinner for prisoners of war [POWs]\n            -Announcement\n                   -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                         -Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n                                -Richard M. Helms [?]\n                   -Leslie T (“Bob”) Hope’s appearance\n                         -Timing\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["044-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"044-005","nextCode":"044-007","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.09,"text":"Daddy?"},{"start":1.53,"end":2.23,"text":"You feeling better?"},{"start":2.27,"end":4.4,"text":"Sure, I'm feeling better all the time."},{"start":4.42,"end":5.36,"text":"Good."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.2,"text":"How are you feeling?"},{"start":6.46,"end":6.88,"text":"I'm fine."},{"start":6.9,"end":8.86,"text":"Well, I've been busy today."},{"start":8.88,"end":14.39,"text":"I have to see Schultz in about an hour, and then take off for Florida about 4.30."},{"start":14.69,"end":15.05,"text":"Right."},{"start":16.03,"end":19.52,"text":"I want to tell you that Ron Ziegler will be calling Mommy."},{"start":19.56,"end":24.4,"text":"He tried earlier, but we would like to announce the dinner."},{"start":25.18,"end":29.14,"text":"Yes, I mean, for the POWs this afternoon."},{"start":29.22,"end":32.67,"text":"And I told him to be sure to call Mommy and Helen's, but to let them know."},{"start":33.19,"end":35.97,"text":"We're not going to announce the Bob Hope part of it until later."},{"start":36.57,"end":42,"text":"But I told him to point out that Mrs. Nixon was planning the dinner and the entertainment and so forth and so on."},{"start":41.98,"end":46.53,"text":"Our whole thing will not be announced until later because we don't want to announce it until we get all the stars."},{"start":47.17,"end":48.19,"text":"But line up."},{"start":48.21,"end":51.58,"text":"Well, otherwise a lot of jerks will be wanting to come and we don't want them to come."},{"start":51.64,"end":51.82,"text":"See?"},{"start":52.08,"end":52.62,"text":"That's right."},{"start":52.64,"end":53.34,"text":"So you get the people you want."},{"start":53.36,"end":55.57,"text":"Just tell Mommy to be sure to take the call when Ziegler calls her."},{"start":55.87,"end":56.53,"text":"Oh, I sure will."},{"start":56.77,"end":57.49,"text":"Okay, honey."},{"start":57.53,"end":57.77,"text":"Bye."},{"start":58.05,"end":58.79,"text":"Talk to you later."},{"start":58.91,"end":59.22,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["POW dinner","Pat Nixon","Ron Ziegler","White House social events","Media strategy","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:44:44.563Z"},"topicSlugs":["pow-dinner","pat-nixon","ron-ziegler","white-house-social-events","media-strategy","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-006.mp3","bytes":2441216,"durationSec":60.92,"bitrate":320582,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.242Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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