Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-023

Nixon & Cox on Personal correspondence and Family

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 6:31 PM–6:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation260-023 on Tape 260 (tape position 03:03:05–03:05:18)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 6:31 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 6:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 260-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Old Executive Office Building. Given the extremely short duration of the recorded interaction, no substantive policy matters or official developments were addressed. The exchange served as a personal check-in between the President and his daughter.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:31 pm to 6:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 006-107 6:10 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:16 pm.
  • 006-108 6:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 260-022 6:29 PM · 3 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 6:29 pm and 6:31 pm.
  • 260-024 6:32 PM · 2 min — 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 6:32 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 260-025 6:35 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:35 pm to 6:47 pm.
  • 006-109 6:36 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 006-110 6:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:05 pm.
  • 006-111 7:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:05 pm to 7:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 260-023, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-023 (accessed October 6, 2026).