{"conversationCode":"045-055","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-055","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:04:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:54 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon; Cox, Edward R. F.;","description":"On April 30, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:54 pm and 11:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-055 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-55\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:54 pm and 11:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n     Edward Cox’s telephone call to Tricia Nixon Cox\n\nThe President conferred with Tricia Nixon Cox at an unknown time.\n\f                                                       -39-\n\n                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                             Conversation No. 45-55 (cont’d)\n\n[Begin conferral]\n\n       Telephone from Edward Cox\n\n[End conferral]\n\nEdward Cox talked with Tricia Cox at an unknown tune. The President can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n       Location\n\n       President’s speech\n             -Telephone calls\n                   -Cabinet members\n                   -William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n                   -Ronald W. Reagan\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 14 s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["045-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon","Cox, Edward R. F."],"prevCode":"045-054","nextCode":"045-056","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":2.25,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":3.59,"end":3.83,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.85,"end":5.92,"text":"I have Edward Cox looking for Patricia."},{"start":5.93,"end":6.82,"text":"Is she there with you?"},{"start":7.12,"end":7.9,"text":"Yeah, here she is."},{"start":7.92,"end":8.32,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.09,"end":14.21,"text":"Eddie."},{"start":14.23,"end":14.53,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":14.55,"end":16.85,"text":"Just a moment."},{"start":16.87,"end":17.53,"text":"On the line."},{"start":17.57,"end":18.17,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.19,"end":18.97,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":18.99,"end":19.05,"text":"Hi."},{"start":19.21,"end":21.92,"text":"Oh, what's that?"},{"start":21.94,"end":22.5,"text":"That's Daddy."},{"start":22.84,"end":23,"text":"Oh."},{"start":23.9,"end":25.08,"text":"We're down here in the Lincoln room."},{"start":25.1,"end":26.4,"text":"He's been hearing from everybody."},{"start":26.68,"end":27.06,"text":"Oh, really?"},{"start":27.1,"end":29.67,"text":"The cabinet and Billy Graham and Governor Reagan."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, connected via telephone to facilitate a conversation with Tricia's husband, Edward Cox. During the call, it was noted that the President had been receiving numerous communications from high-profile figures, including Cabinet members, Billy Graham, and Governor Ronald Reagan, in the wake of his televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. 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