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Nixon & Cox on Personal communication and Family visit

Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 2:11 PM–2:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation401-022 on Tape 401StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 2:11 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 2:12 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 401-022 ↗

President Richard Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange was personal and informal in nature, consisting primarily of casual remarks and pleasantries. No substantive policy discussions or official government actions occurred during this brief interaction.

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You're all out of Chinese tonight.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, thank you.
Good.
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tell somebody that you're not going to stand a chance.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
See you next time.

On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 401-22

Date: January 11, 1973
Time: 2:11 pm - 2:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                         Conversation No. 401-22 (cont’d)

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 35-134]
  • 035-134 2:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
  • 035-135 2:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
  • 401-023 2:12 PM · 18 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 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
  • 401-024 2:12 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 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
  • 035-136 2:17 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
  • 401-025 2:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
  • 401-026 2:30 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 035-137 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.

Conversation 401-022, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-022 (accessed October 1, 2026).