{"conversationCode":"254-027","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-027","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T23:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T23:18:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"7:13 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"7:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:13 pm to 7:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-027 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 254-27\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 7:13 pm - 7:18 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Tricia Nixon\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/12/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[254-027-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 19s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 003-208]\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["254-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:10","tapeEnd":"01:45:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"254-026","nextCode":"254-028","transcript":[{"start":3.16,"end":4.5,"text":"Hope I didn't interrupt you again."},{"start":4.54,"end":4.66,"text":"Fine."},{"start":5,"end":8.58,"text":"From the news people, are you having Jimmy Stallman by any chance?"},{"start":8.6,"end":9.94,"text":"Let's put it down on your list."},{"start":10,"end":12.74,"text":"It's a possibility."},{"start":12.76,"end":15.28,"text":"Another one is Crested Wolf of the Columbus."},{"start":15.32,"end":16.06,"text":"Wait a minute."},{"start":16.08,"end":19.12,"text":"Another of the enemy groups."},{"start":19.32,"end":21.4,"text":"You know, Rochester."},{"start":21.46,"end":28.91,"text":"I was thinking of somebody from the Chicago Tribune."},{"start":29.01,"end":30.97,"text":"Louise Hutchinson's come here."},{"start":32.12,"end":35.6,"text":"That's all we've been."},{"start":36.6,"end":43.89,"text":"You've got the channel, don't you?"},{"start":43.99,"end":45.95,"text":"I'm Bill Harris."},{"start":46.05,"end":50.91,"text":"You should be invited by all means."},{"start":51.01,"end":53.33,"text":"I'm going on."},{"start":64.44,"end":66.3,"text":"But, well, one other name, he won't come."},{"start":67.19,"end":68.21,"text":"Probably David Lawrence."},{"start":68.73,"end":72.28,"text":"Because, Lord, he's been all up for a soul."},{"start":72.76,"end":78.43,"text":"What you do is to have him handled the way that you said it was, regarding the funeral."},{"start":78.45,"end":78.97,"text":"Oh, God!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, consult on the guest list for an upcoming event, likely related to Tricia's wedding festivities. They discuss the inclusion of various media figures and journalists, weighing the attendance of individuals from organizations like the Chicago Tribune and the Columbus Dispatch. The President provides guidance on how to manage specific invitees and suggests appropriate protocol for handling sensitive guests.","topics":["Tricia Nixon Cox","White House social events","Media relations","Guest list management","Wedding planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:59:29.591Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon-cox","white-house-social-events","media-relations","guest-list-management","wedding-planning"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-027.mp3","bytes":3172101,"durationSec":79.17,"bitrate":320530,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}