Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 885 › Conversation 885-003

Nixon & Cox on Budget speech and Family logistics

Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 5:39 PM–5:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation885-003 on Tape 885StartTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:39 PMEndTuesday, March 20, 1973 at 5:40 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 885-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon informs his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, that he must remain at the White House to work on a budget speech with John Erickson. He requests that she assist her mother with their evening plans in his absence. The brief exchange focuses on the President's personal schedule and the coordination of family logistics.

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Feeling all right today?

Better?

A little better, not much.

Yeah.

Fine, fine.

I've been a little busy.

I just called to tell you that I'm going to have to stay over here to do some work with John Erickson on, on the, uh, budget speech and everything.

So, uh, so if you and Mommy could maybe have your life together over there, you'd be sure she gets done deep, if you would.

All I need...

Okay, well, I need to stay here.

NARA Description

On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 885-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 885-3

Date: March 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:39 pm and 5:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 37-172]

Also recorded on March 20, 1973

885-001 4:09 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 5:39 pm.
037-171 5:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:39 pm.
037-172 5:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
885-002 5:39 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:39 pm.
885-004 5:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
885-005 5:40 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:45 pm.
885-006 5:45 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
885-007 6:00 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 885-003, March 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/885-003 (accessed October 2, 2026).