Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 310 › Conversation 310-022

Nixon & Cox on Personal meeting and Family

Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 11:25 AM–11:30 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation310-022 on Tape 310 (tape position 03:00:09–03:04:58)StartSunday, December 26, 1971 at 11:25 AMEndSunday, December 26, 1971 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 310-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, for a brief personal visit in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily served as a private social interaction between family members during the post-Christmas holiday period. No policy matters or official administrative actions were recorded during this session.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:01:07Could you get Tricia for me, please?

NARA Description

On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:25 am to 11:30 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 310-22

Date: December 26, 1971
Time: 11:25 am - 11:30 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 17-98; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on December 26, 1971

  • 017-097 11:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 pm.
  • 310-020 11:21 AM · 8 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 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
  • 310-021 11:21 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
  • 017-098 11:25 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 017-099 11:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:45 am.
  • 310-023 11:30 AM · 16 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 11:30 am and 11:45 am.
  • 017-100 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.
  • 310-024 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 310-022, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/310-022 (accessed October 11, 2026).