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Conversation 431-003

TapeTape 431StartThursday, April 26, 1973 at 1:15 PMEndThursday, April 26, 1973 at 1:17 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Cox, Tricia NixonRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, coordinate family travel plans to Camp David while acknowledging the heightened public scrutiny surrounding their movements. The President weighs the optics of private family trips, ultimately deciding that a collective family excursion is preferable to smaller, isolated visits. He clarifies his own scheduling constraints, noting that his official obligations prevent him from arriving until Saturday noon.

Camp DavidFamily lifePublic imagePresidential schedulingWhite House optics
AudioNARA Description

On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 431-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 431-3

Date: April 26, 1973
Time: 1:15 pm and 1:17 pm

Location: Executive Office Building 


The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.


[See Conversation No. 45-8]

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Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Trish, I think, I wonder if you would tell my dad, Julia asked about whether or she didn't want to go.
When they get back from shopping, tell them if you all want to go.
You see, I work at Birch anyway.
I work at Birch.
And it's just, I don't want to get into her realization.
I think it's fine.
I'm telling them we should all go.
And we will not go
Saturday noon, because I have a meeting.
The others can go early, but I can't go until Saturday noon.
But maybe you and Tommy and the rest should wrap up Friday.
We have a reception for the Secretary of the Interior in Mississippi.
So if you want to get to it, it's Friday night.
Thank you.
Just to be sure it's Julia, because I sent a message over to Julia on occasion, and I thought maybe it would be better for her and you and my people to go up to Camp David and shoot, you know, and so forth.
But then it looked like, it looked funny to me, and what the hell, and I said, well, I'll leave you two up there, and hang on.
I mean, not that that's bad, but right now people are watching when we do it.
So we'll all go to Camp David.
I'll be there Saturday.
It's about to be...
What time did they have to go back?
Okay.
Movies?
Yeah, that's better.
Good.
Alright.
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