Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 176 › Conversation 176-005
Nixon, Cox & Camp David Operator on Republican National Convention
Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 6:18 PM–6:23 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 24 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with his staff and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, to refine the themes for his upcoming Republican National Convention acceptance speech. The discussion focused on establishing a tone similar to a State of the Union address, emphasizing national unity over political division. Central to the draft were arguments against the use of quotas and the promotion of a 'new majority' that transcends traditional partisan affiliations.
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NARA Description
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 176-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 176-5
Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 6:18 pm - 6:23 pm
Location: Camp David Study Desk
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 203-28]
The President conferred with Manolo Sanchez.
Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
[End of conferral]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/08/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal returnable]
[176-005-w001]
[Duration: 4m 43s]
Advice on the President’s Republican Party acceptance speech
-State of the Union tone
-Political impact
-New majority
-Issues coverage
-Quotas
Discussion of rough draft of the President’s Republican Party acceptance speech
-Congratulations to Republican Convention
-Division
-Discrimination
-Race, religion, sex, age, national background
-Quotas
-Divided States of America
-Partisan of principles as opposed to a partisan of party
-Unity vs. division
-Democrats and Republicans
-New majority
-Political philosophies
-We/They
*****************************************************************Also recorded on August 17, 1972
- 176-004 6:08 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
- 203-026 6:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.
- 203-027 6:13 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:18 pm.
- 203-028 6:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:18 pm to 6:23 pm.
- 203-029 6:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:23 pm and 6:25 pm.
- 176-006 6:25 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
- 203-030 6:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
- 204-001 6:26 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 7:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 176-005, August 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/176-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).