Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 711 › Conversation 711-009

Nixon & Cox on Campus unrest and William Rogers

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 11:55 AM–11:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation711-009 on Tape 711 (tape position 02:10:14–02:14:08)StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:55 AMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 11:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 711-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, discuss recent public appearances at universities and the negative receptions faced by administration officials, specifically Secretary of State William Rogers. The President expresses his disapproval of officials attending campus events, characterizing his own staff's handling of these situations as inadequate. The exchange concludes with the President offering reassurance regarding Tricia's upcoming public engagements.

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Yeah, yeah.
You were.
You and who?
You and Rogers?
Yeah.
Do you think you should not have gone?
Was there?
Who did they throw at?
Yeah.
What about the day they introduced Rodgers, they moved him too?
No.
Well, they wouldn't because he didn't do it.
Well, I was concerned about the thing myself.
Because I'm always of the view that you don't go to university.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How did you go?
Maybe the mic doesn't show yet.
Oh, good.
When are you going to go?
Oh, you're going to do it fine.
We don't have to worry about it.
The thing to do is that our people are just too goddamn stupid to have any brains.
I thought of the University of Maryland thing.
Well, no, I think you are taking them on a tour, but I don't know.

NARA Description

On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:55 am to 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 711-9

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: 11:55 am - 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

     [See Conversation No. 23-19]

Also recorded on April 18, 1972

  • 023-018 11:52 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am.
  • 711-007 11:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 711-008 11:52 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.
  • 023-019 11:55 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 11:58 am.
  • 711-010 11:58 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-011 11:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-012 11:58 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:04 pm.
  • 711-013 12:04 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 711-009, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/711-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).