Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-063
Brinegar & Cox on Watergate and Cabinet meeting
Monday, April 30, 1973 · 11:21 PM–11:23 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec
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Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar called President Nixon to offer personal support following the President's televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. Brinegar praised Nixon's courage and performance, reinforcing his commitment to the administration's agenda. The two men agreed to refocus on substantive governing matters during an upcoming Cabinet meeting, dismissing the ongoing political controversy.
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NARA Description
On April 30, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Claude S. Brinegar talked on the telephone from 11:21 pm to 11:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-63
Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 11:21 pm - 11:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
Telephone call from Claude S. Brinegar
The President talked with Brinegar.
Watergate
-President’s speech
-Brinegar’s wife
-President’s schedule
-Cabinet meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
- 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.
- 045-061 11:14 PM · 1 min — 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.
- 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.
- 045-064 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.
- 045-066 11:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.
- 045-067 11:30 PM · 14 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-063, 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/045-063 (accessed October 5, 2026).