President Nixon met with his daughter, Tricia Nixon, along with Ann Coffin and photographer Howell Conant, to exchange gifts and discuss logistics for upcoming wedding photography. The group engaged in casual conversation regarding urban life in major American cities and the President's upcoming travel schedule. The discussion primarily served as a social prelude to planning portrait sessions for Tricia’s wedding, weighing the aesthetic and practical benefits of settings in California versus the White House.
On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ann Coffin, and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 491-9
Date: April 28, 1971
Time: 12:37 pm - 12:39 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Tricia Nixon, Ann Coffin, and Howell Conant; this recording began at an
unknown time after 12:37 pm, while the conversation was in progress.
[General conversation]
Presentation of gifts
-Cuff links
-Presidential seal
-Golf
[General conversation]
-Coffin
-Spouse
-Residence
-[Forename unknown] Anderson
-Conant's residence
-Cities
-New York
-President’s memory
-Traffic
-Subway
-Chicago
-San Francisco
-New Orleans
-Charleston
-Miami
-New York
-Chicago
-San Francisco
-Los Angeles
-Beverly Hills
-Watts
President's schedule
-Upcoming meeting with Gerhardt Schroeder
-California
Coffin left at 12:37 pm.
Tricia Nixon's wedding
-Photo session
-California
-Possible settings
-Beach
-White House
-Photo session
-Weather
-Lighting
-[General conversation]
-Unknown baby
Tricia Nixon and Conant left at 12:39 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.