Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-028

Nixon, Cox & Eisenhower on AFL-CIO and Television Coverage

Saturday, November 20, 1971 · 10:57 AM–11:10 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon; Bull, Stephen B.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Woods, Rose Mary; Bible, AlanConversation621-028 on Tape 621 (tape position 02:37:38–02:48:26)StartSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 10:57 AMEndSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 621-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with family members Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, along with aides Stephen B. Bull and Rose Mary Woods, and Senator Alan Bible. The discussion focused on television coverage of the President's recent address to the AFL-CIO convention and the handling of various personal telegrams, including correspondence from Mrs. Lou Gehrig. The participants also touched upon administrative tasks, such as the processing of documents and the management of office communications.

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2:37:38Wel, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydyn ni i gyd wedi cael cyfle i ddod ymlaen, ond... Ydych chi?
2:37:38Iawn.
2:37:38Wel, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydw i wedi, fel y dywedodd rhywun, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod, rydych chi'n gwybod,
2:38:09Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael, ac hefyd mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:12Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael, ac hefyd mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:14Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:26Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:29Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:32Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:36Mae'r rhan ffio wedi'i gadael ar gyfer gwneud hwnnw.
2:38:37Mae'
2:38:39Felly, gadewch i mi ddweud, rwy'n gwybod, ac rwyf wedi mynd i lawer o leoedd eraill, ymlaen â, wel, rydych chi'n cyntaf wedi gwneud hynny, a'r peth dau, rydyn ni'n gwybod hynny ac rydyn ni'n gwybod y bydd unrhyw lleoedd yn mynd at un arall ac rydw i'n deall hynny yn hollbwysig.
2:38:54Ond mae hynny'n broblem gwirioneddol, os byddwn i'n ystyried hynny.
2:38:57Iawn, rydyn ni'n ystyried hynny.
2:39:01Rydyn ni'n ystyried y byddwn ni'n mynd at unrhyw lleoedd.
2:39:04Iawn.
2:39:08Rydw i'n gwybod, rydw i'n gwybod.
2:39:11Ac efallai y byddwch chi'n cofio eich destryd, nid y byddwch chi'n mynd i'r llawr.
2:39:15Iawn, ond diolch yn fawr nawr.
2:39:17A chael fy destryd i'w gwylio.
2:39:21Ydych chi'n gweithio?
2:39:26O, duw, duw.
2:39:27Efallai y byddwch chi'n cael eich llawr.
2:39:33Mae'n dda.
2:39:34Mae'n dda.
2:39:59Diolch yn fawr am wylio'r fideo a byddwn i'n gweld chi'n ôl ymlaen un dydd.
2:44:45Nawr, gadewch i ni ddweud... Wel... Beth oeddech chi'n ei alw ar y sgwrs gwaith?
2:44:51Ie.
2:44:51Iawn.
2:44:51Rydyn ni'n meddwl bod hynny'n ddigwydd heddiw, ond rydyn ni'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn llawn go iawn.
2:44:56Rwy'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn llawn go iawn, ond rydyn ni'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn llawn go iawn, ond rydyn ni'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn llawn go iawn, ond rydyn ni'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn llawn go iawn, ond rydyn ni'n meddwl ei fod yn cael ei wneud yn lla
2:45:11Ond Roedd yn dweud ei fod yn fateriaid, ac roedd yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn dweud ei bod yn
2:45:27I was just telling Daddy we saw the three networks.
2:45:34You know how nice.
2:45:37You know that's the sort of thing that you need to do.
2:45:44The first family right?
2:45:49Oh I think that's great.
2:45:51Yeah.
2:46:01Mae'n llawer mwy, wrth gwrs.
2:46:03Mae fy nghydweithiwr o'r Senedd wedi ei ddysgu.
2:46:06Ydy hynny'n iawn?
2:46:08Wel, rwy'n gobeithio i chi'r gorau, ac rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch chi'n cael cyflwyniadau.
2:46:20Wel, ar ôl i chi, mae yna'r Senedydd o'r ffaith fy mab, a byddai hi'n cael ei ddysgu.
2:46:29Mae'n iawn, mae'n iawn, mae'n iawn.
2:47:12Iawn.
2:47:13Iawn.
2:47:14Iawn.
2:47:14Wel, wyt ti?
2:47:15Yn siwr.
2:47:15Yn siwr.
2:47:16Iawn.
2:47:17Wyt ti'n siwr eich bod chi'n hapus?
2:47:40Rydych chi'n gwybod, roedd gen i un peth ddiddorol.
2:47:46Roedd gen i un peth ddiddorol.
2:47:50Roedd gen i un peth ddiddorol.
2:47:54Roedd gen i un peth ddiddorol.
2:48:00a'r ddilynwyr gyda'r TV gwych yma heddiw.
2:48:02Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:03Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:05Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:07Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:09Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:11Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:15Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:18Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:20Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.
2:48:24Mae'n ddiddorol iawn.

NARA Description

On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, and Alan Bible met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 621-28

Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 10:57 am - unknown before 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President between 10:57 and 11:01 am.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4m 20s ]

[Conversation No. 621-28A]

[See Conversation No. 15-71; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Stephen B. Bull and Julie Nixon Eisenhower entered at 11:01 am.

The President conferred with Bull during the phone conversation.

Bull left at 11:01 am.

[End of telephone conversation]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     The President's speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
           Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
          -Television coverage
          -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo, Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and [Dwight] David
               Eisenhower, II

Rose Mary Woods entered at 11:03 am.

           -Telegrams
                -Copies
                -Mrs. Lou Gehrig

The President talked with Alan Bible between 11:03 am and 11:05 am.

[Conversation No. 621-28B]

[See Conversation No. 15-72; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

[End of telephone conversation]

Woods left at 11:04 am.

     Telegram from Gehrig
          -David Eisenhower

     Portrait
           -George Washington

     The President's speech to AFL-CIO convention
          -Television coverage

     [Pause]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.

Also recorded on November 20, 1971

  • 015-065 10:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
  • 015-069 10:50 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
  • 621-026 10:50 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
  • 015-070 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Seymour Halpern talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
  • 621-027 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Seymour Halpern met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
  • 015-071 10:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:01 am.
  • 015-072 11:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alan Bible talked on the telephone from 11:02 am to 11:05 am.
  • 621-029 11:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:10 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 621-028, November 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).