Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 167 › Conversation 167-014
Nixon phone call with Cox on Watergate scandal and Ervin Committee
Sunday, May 20, 1973 · 2:51 PM–2:53 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, engage in a brief personal check-in while the President is staying at Camp David. The conversation touches upon the President's recent positive reception in Norfolk, Virginia, and the upcoming Prisoners of War reception. Additionally, Nixon dismisses the ongoing Watergate Ervin Committee hearings as a "sham," characterizing the participating senators as ridiculous figures seeking attention.
- Watergate scandal
- Ervin Committee
- Camp David
- POW reception
- Public relations
- Norfolk visit
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NARA Description
On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:53 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 167-14
Date: May 20, 1973
Time: 2:51pm - 2:53 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 167-14 (cont’d)
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Weather
-Camp David
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personable returnable]
[Duration: 22 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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President’s visit to Norfolk, Virginia, May 19
-Reception
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personable returnable]
[Duration: 1 m 26 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Importance
-Senators
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personable returnable]
[Duration: 5 s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 167-14 (cont’d)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Schedule
Prisoners of War [POWs] reception
-Location of First Family
-Balcony
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on May 20, 1973
- 167-012 2:30 PM · 19 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:30 pm.
- 167-013 2:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 167-015 2:53 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 167-016 2:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:55 pm to 3:07 pm.
- 167-017 3:07 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:13 pm.
- 167-018 3:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:13 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 167-019 3:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 167-020 3:30 PM · 12 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 167-014, May 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).