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Nixon & Cox on Family and Personal correspondence

Friday, March 30, 1973 · 12:59 PM–1:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 46 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia NixonConversation890-027 on Tape 890StartFriday, March 30, 1973 at 12:59 PMEndFriday, March 30, 1973 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 890-027 ↗

President Richard Nixon and his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office to bid each other farewell. Their conversation touched upon a recent encounter with an unidentified individual whom Tricia was pleased to have met. The exchange concluded with plans to reconnect the following week, serving primarily as a personal interaction rather than a discussion of formal administrative business.

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Hello.
Hello.
Ah.
Well, I will be at about an hour.
Just wanted to say goodbye.
Tell you that I haven't had a chance to check him, but if you can, he saw him for a few minutes.
He was really pleased.
You might have met him.
Yeah, I think so.
I'll bet we do.
I'll bet we have.
Right.
Right.
Well, fine.
Well, I just hope you feel fine, and we may see you next week, okay?
All right, see you.
Bye.
Bye.
All right.

On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 890-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 890-27

Date: March 30, 1973
Time: 12:59 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.

[See Conversation No. 44-100]
  • 890-024 12:56 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm.
  • 890-025 12:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm.
  • 044-098 12:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm.
  • 044-099 12:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:58 pm.
  • 890-026 12:58 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:58 pm.
  • 044-100 12:59 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 044-101 1:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm.
  • 890-028 1:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:05 pm to 1:10 pm.

Conversation 890-027, March 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/890-027 (accessed October 5, 2026).