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Nixon & Cox on Family and Personal Schedule

Thursday, May 11, 1972 · 11:34 AM–11:35 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation338-039 on Tape 338 (tape position 02:16:44–02:18:57)StartThursday, May 11, 1972 at 11:34 AMEndThursday, May 11, 1972 at 11:35 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 338-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, engage in a brief, informal exchange regarding their schedules and upcoming plans. The President encourages Tricia to remain at her current engagement rather than rushing, before suggesting a meeting later at a school with her husband, Edward Cox. No significant policy or political matters are addressed during this short personal interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:17:45Yeah, you're in a meeting, aren't you?
2:17:52No, don't go.
2:17:54Don't hurry.
2:18:17All right.
2:18:18I'd like to finish the meeting and then you and Oliver come over to school.
2:18:21No.
2:18:22No.

NARA Description

On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 338-39

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: Between 11:34 and 11:35 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 24-74; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]

Also recorded on May 11, 1972

  • 024-071 11:22 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
  • 024-072 11:22 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
  • 024-073 11:32 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:32 am to 11:33 am.
  • 338-038 11:32 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:33 am.
  • 024-074 11:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.
  • 338-040 11:35 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:43 am.
  • 024-075 11:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:49 am.
  • 338-041 11:43 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:43 am to 12:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 338-039, May 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/338-039 (accessed October 9, 2026).