Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 354 › Conversation 354-016

Nixon & Cox on Personal correspondence and Presidential family

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:31 PM–12:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation354-016 on Tape 354StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:31 PMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 354-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily served as a personal check-in between the President and his daughter. No substantive policy matters or administrative actions were documented during this short exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 354-16

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 12:31 pm - 12:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 31-11; one item has been withdrawn]

Also recorded on October 6, 1972

  • 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 354-014 12:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm.
  • 354-015 12:30 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 031-011 12:31 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:31 pm to 12:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 354-016, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/354-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).