Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-061
Nixon, Armstrong & Cox on Watergate and Public relations
Monday, April 30, 1973 · 11:14 PM–11:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with Counselor to the President Anne Armstrong shortly after his televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. Armstrong expressed strong support for the President's speech and pledged her continued loyalty and assistance in maintaining administration morale. Nixon confirmed plans to hold a Cabinet meeting on the following Wednesday to rally his staff and requested that Armstrong serve as a cheerleader for the troops.
- Watergate
- Anne Armstrong
- Public relations
- Cabinet meeting
- Presidential address
- Administration morale
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NARA Description
On April 30, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and Anne L. Armstrong talked on the telephone from 11:14 pm to 11:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-61
Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 11:14 pm - 11:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
Telephone call from Anne T. Armstrong
Tricia Cox conferred with the President.
[Begin conferral]
Telephone call from Armstrong
[End conferral]
The President talked with Armstrong.
Watergate
-President’s speech
-Armstrong’s support
President’s schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-Morale
-Armstrong’s travels
-Support for President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 45-62 (cont’d)Also recorded on May 1, 1973
- 045-057 11:04 PM · 2 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 11:04 pm to 11:06 pm.
- 045-058 11:07 PM · 2 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 pm and 11:08 pm.
- 045-059 11:09 PM · 1 min — James T. Lynn and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:09 pm to 11:13 pm.
- 045-060 11:13 PM · 2 min — Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 pm and 11:14 pm.
- 045-062 11:15 PM · 3 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:15 pm to 11:18 pm.
- 045-063 11:21 PM · 55 sec — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Claude S. Brinegar talked on the telephone from 11:21 pm to 11:23 pm.
- 045-064 11:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 pm and 11:24 pm.
- 045-065 11:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-061, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-061 (accessed October 5, 2026).