{"conversationCode":"255-042","tapeNumber":255,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-255-042","startDateTime":"1971-06-09T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-09T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1971","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1971","endTime":"5:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Edward R. F.; Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Edward R. F. Cox, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:25 pm to 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-042 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. 255-42\n\nDate: June 9, 1971\nTime: 5:25 pm - 5:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Edward R. F. Cox and Tricia Nixon\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/19/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[255-042-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 27s]\n\n     Mementos in office\n        -Vice-Presidential items\n        -Gavels\n        -New York\n        -Baseball\n        -Mickey C. Mantle?\n              -Picture\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe President, Cox, and T. Nixon left at 5:30 pm","filename":["255-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Edward R. F.","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"255-041","nextCode":"255-043","transcript":[{"start":0.29,"end":1.29,"text":"Hi, how are you?"},{"start":1.37,"end":1.51,"text":"Hi."},{"start":1.57,"end":2.59,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":2.65,"end":3.57,"text":"Good to see you."},{"start":3.59,"end":5.61,"text":"Good to see you again."},{"start":5.65,"end":8.43,"text":"These are all of who they are."},{"start":9.49,"end":11.85,"text":"These are mainly the white people."},{"start":30.78,"end":35.83,"text":"And, of course, several hundred gavels for a few of them."},{"start":36.02,"end":38.23,"text":"See, they're getting gavels."},{"start":63.99,"end":64.88,"text":"Where?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, and his son-in-law, Edward R. F. Cox, to review various personal mementos displayed in his office. The discussion focused on items from his time as Vice President, including a collection of gavels and memorabilia related to New York and baseball. This brief informal gathering served as a tour of the President's personal collection rather than a formal policy session.","topics":["Mementos","Tricia Nixon Cox","Edward R. F. Cox","Vice Presidency","Memorabilia"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:04:01.080Z"},"topicSlugs":["mementos","tricia-nixon-cox","edward-r-f-cox","vice-presidency","memorabilia"],"audioDurationSec":88,"audioFiles":[{"file":"255-042.mp3","bytes":3535726,"durationSec":88.26,"bitrate":320465,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/255-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/255/conversation-255-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}