Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 149 › Conversation 149-002
Nixon phone call with Cox on 1972 Presidential Campaign and Missouri
Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 3:46 PM–3:49 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox discussed the logistics and reception of the President's recent campaign travels through Missouri and West Virginia. They reviewed the public sentiment toward his re-election campaign in those states and touched upon the itinerary for Tricia’s husband, Edward Cox. Additionally, the conversation included brief updates on the President’s upcoming radio address and their personal social plans for dinner and a movie.
- 1972 Presidential Campaign
- Missouri
- West Virginia
- Edward R. F. Cox
- Public Opinion
- Campaign Schedule
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:46 pm to 3:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 149-2
Date: October 14, 1972
Time: 3:46 pm - 3:49 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
[See Conversation No. 220-2]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/16/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[149-002-w001]
[Duration: 2m 45s]
The President's schedule
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis, Robert H. Abplanalp, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-Dinner
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
-October 13, 1972
-Schedule
-Return to Camp David from West Virginia
-Wheeling, West Virginia
-Hagerstown, Maryland
-Missouri trip
-Hannibal
-Kansas City
-Appearance at Future Farmers of America [FFA]
-Appearance at American Royal Livestock Show
-Hannibal
-Tom Sawyer commemorative stamp ceremony
-West Virginia
-West Virginia State Bar Association Dinner
-Edward R. F. Cox
-Opinion of the President’s re-election campaign
-Opinions of Missouri residents
-West Virginia
-Potential for the President to win electoral votes there
-Schedule
-Edward R. F. Cox October 15, 1972 trip to California
-The President’s forthcoming radio speech
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
-Dinner schedule
-William [?] Hirsch
-Movie
*****************************************************************Also recorded on October 14, 1972
- 149-001 3:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.
- 220-001 3:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.
- 220-002 3:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:46 pm to 3:49 pm.
- 149-003 3:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 220-003 3:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 149-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 220-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 220-005 4:05 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:05 pm to 4:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 149-002, October 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/149-002 (accessed October 10, 2026).