Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 136 › Conversation 136-015
Nixon phone call with Cox on Wedding logistics and Personal correspondence
Saturday, July 22, 1972 · 3:57 PM–3:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discuss logistical arrangements for the upcoming wedding of Dabney Jane Hibbert and Barry Wayne Feather. Tricia informs the President about her role as matron of honor, standing in for her sister Julie, and confirms the wedding reception details at The Westchester. The brief personal call also includes a discussion of the couple's travel plans to Bermuda and general remarks regarding the weather.
- Tricia Nixon Cox
- Wedding logistics
- Personal correspondence
- Bermuda honeymoon
- Family events
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Position in tape: 00:49:55 – 00:51:26
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NARA Description
On July 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:57 pm to 3:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 136-15
Date: July 22, 1972
Time: 3:57-3:59 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 136-015, which has been merged with
conversation 136-014.]
[See Conversation No. 197-17A]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[136-015-w001]
[Duration: 1m 29s]
Wedding of Dabney Jane Hibbert and Barry Wayne Feather
-Appearance of President and Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s service as matron of honor
-On behalf of Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Married couple spending honeymoon in Bermuda
-Wedding reception
-The Westchester
-Attendance of [first names unknown] Gosnells and [first names unknown] Fites
Weather
*****************************************************************Also recorded on July 22, 1972
- 136-012 2:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 136-013 2:47 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 136-014 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 197-015 2:47 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 197-017 3:05 PM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:57 pm.
- 136-016 3:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:20 pm.
- 136-017 4:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:20 pm to 4:23 pm.
- 197-018 4:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 6:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 136-015, July 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).