{"conversationCode":"885-003","tapeNumber":885,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-885-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T22:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T22:40:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:39 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon;","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.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 885-3\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:39 pm and 5:40 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-172]","filename":["885-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"885-002","nextCode":"885-004","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":0.88,"text":"Go."},{"start":1.9,"end":2.92,"text":"Feeling all right today?"},{"start":2.96,"end":3.35,"text":"Better?"},{"start":3.37,"end":5.71,"text":"A little better, not much."},{"start":7.59,"end":7.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.77,"end":7.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":8.87,"end":9.49,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":9.53,"end":10.67,"text":"I've been a little busy."},{"start":10.69,"end":18.41,"text":"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."},{"start":19.37,"end":27.25,"text":"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."},{"start":29.91,"end":30.47,"text":"All I need..."},{"start":60.26,"end":62.35,"text":"Okay, well, I need to stay here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Tricia Nixon Cox","Budget speech","White House operations","Family logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:08:40.861Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","tricia-nixon-cox","budget-speech","white-house-operations","family-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"885-003.mp3","bytes":442368,"durationSec":70.57,"bitrate":50145,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/885-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/885-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/885/conversation-885-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}