Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 254 › Conversation 254-029

Nixon & Cox on White House family life and Informal meeting

Monday, May 31, 1971 · 7:21 PM–7:22 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation254-029 on Tape 254 (tape position 01:45:41–01:45:57)StartMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:21 PMEndMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:22 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 254-029 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183767 ↗

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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 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 254-29

Date: May 31, 1971
Time: 7:21 pm - 7:22 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Tricia Nixon

[See Conversation No. 3-210]

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  • 003-209 7:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 254-028 7:18 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 7:21 pm.
  • 003-210 7:21 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm.
  • 003-211 7:22 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
  • 254-030 7:22 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
  • 003-212 7:23 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
  • 254-031 7:23 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
  • 254-032 7:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 10:26 pm.

Conversation 254-029, May 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183767). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-029 (accessed November 11, 2026).