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Nixon phone call with Cox on Personal matters and Camp David

Friday, August 11, 1972 · 7:24 PM–7:31 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation201-002 on Tape 201StartFriday, August 11, 1972 at 7:24 PMEndFriday, August 11, 1972 at 7:31 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 201-002 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David. The discussion, categorized as a personal matter, remains restricted and redacted from the public record. No official business, political decisions, or administrative action items were documented in the available archives.

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On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 7:31 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 201-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 201-2

Date: August 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:24 pm and 7:31 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Tricia Nixon Cox.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 32s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Tricia Nixon Cox left at an unknown time before 7:31 pm.
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  • 137-004 6:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 201-003 7:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:31 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 137-005 7:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:33 pm to 7:42 pm.
  • 201-004 7:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:33 pm to 7:42 pm.
  • 201-005 7:42 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 8:30 pm.
  • 201-006 7:42 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald McI. Kendall, Mrs. Donald McI. Kendall, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 8:30 pm.
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Conversation 201-002, August 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/201-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).