Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 254 › Conversation 254-031

Nixon & Cox on Personal conversation and Family

Monday, May 31, 1971 · 7:23 PM–7:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation254-031 on Tape 254 (tape position 01:46:08–01:54:07)StartMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:23 PMEndMonday, May 31, 1971 at 7:24 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 254-031 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183769 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Old Executive Office Building. The meeting served as a personal check-in between the President and his daughter shortly before her wedding. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief interaction.

Audio

part A, 1:46:08

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NARA 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 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 254-31

Date: May 31, 1971
Time: 7:23 pm - 7:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Tricia Nixon

[This is the original beginning of Conversation No. 254-031, which has been merged with
Conversation No. 254-030.]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/12/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[254-031-w001]
[Duration: 8s]

[See Conversation No. 003-212]

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Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on May 31, 1971

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 254-029 7:21 PM · 19 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 254-032 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.
  • 254-033 7:24 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 254-031, May 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183769). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-031 (accessed November 11, 2026).