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Conversation 167-014

TapeTape 167StartSunday, May 20, 1973 at 2:51 PMEndSunday, May 20, 1973 at 2:53 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Cox, Tricia NixonRecording deviceCamp David Study Table
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 scandalErvin CommitteeCamp DavidPOW receptionPublic relationsNorfolk visit
AudioNARA 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

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                                                                           Conversation No. 167-14 (cont’d)

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       Weather
            -Camp David

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[Duration: 22 s ]

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       President’s visit to Norfolk, Virginia, May 19
             -Reception

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[Duration: 1 m 26 s ]

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       Watergate
            -Ervin Committee hearings
                  -Importance
                  -Senators

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[Duration: 5 s ]
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                              (rev. March-2011)

                                                                           Conversation No. 167-14 (cont’d)

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       Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
            -Schedule

       Prisoners of War [POWs] reception
             -Location of First Family
                   -Balcony

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Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Daddy?
Hi, Tricia.
How's things going?
Fine.
How are things at Camp David?
Fine.
It's a little foggy here, but otherwise fine.
Guess what?
It's a little foggy here.
We had a great reception at Norfolk, Virginia.
Mama told me.
It just sounded great, Daddy.
It really did.
20,000 pounds of people came out.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, well, the whole thing is such a sham, you know.
You've got to put it into proper perspective.
Good Lord, it's a nothing thing.
It's bugging, you know, which is really nothing.
Yeah.
And, I don't know, it's just being played as if it's something else.
And the senators are the most ridiculous looking thing.
They're all up there in their new toupees and their new ties.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Sort of having a little day in the sun.
Right.
I'm all right.
That's good.
Is B.B.
up there, too?
He's here, right.
Good.
I hope you get out into the pool.
Yeah, we're going to take a pool, and then we're going to have an early dinner and go back.
Good.
Good.
Okay, sweetie.
We can't wait to see you.
And, Daddy, the POW party just sounds marvelous.
It's going to be great.
I think it's going to be great.
Mama says you haven't had one.
regret yet.
I don't think so.
So all of us are probably going to have to watch from the balcony.
That's great.
We should be great.
Okay, honey.
That'd be terrific.
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