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Nixon & Cox on Family and Personal

Thursday, March 18, 1971 · 6:24 PM–6:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation469-012 on Tape 469StartThursday, March 18, 1971 at 6:24 PMEndThursday, March 18, 1971 at 6:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 469-012 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon met briefly with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, in the Oval Office. The majority of the one-minute interaction consisted of a personal segment that has been withdrawn from public release. No substantive policy discussions or official presidential decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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On March 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:24 pm to 6:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 469-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 469-12

Date: March 18, 1971
Time: 6:24 pm - 6:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

Tricia Nixon talked with the President

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/19/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[469-012-w001]
[Duration: 33s]

     Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
           -Helene (Colesie) Drown

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[End of telephone conversation]
  • 469-005 5:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 469-006 5:03 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald H. Walker, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 469-007 5:04 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 469-008 5:04 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 469-009 5:25 PM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:25 pm to 6:22 pm.
  • 469-010 6:22 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:22 pm.
  • 469-011 6:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:23 pm.
  • 469-013 6:25 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 7:32 pm.

Conversation 469-012, March 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/469-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).