Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-052

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family

Sunday, June 13, 1971 · 12:42 PM–12:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation005-052 on Tape 5 (tape position 01:26:59–01:28:06)StartSunday, June 13, 1971 at 12:42 PMEndSunday, June 13, 1971 at 12:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-052 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 644217899 ↗

President Nixon spoke briefly by telephone with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, while First Lady Pat Nixon listened in the background. The interaction was personal in nature, reflecting a routine check-in between family members. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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On June 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-052 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 5-52

Date: June 13, 1971
Time: 12:42 pm - 12:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon can be heard in the
background.

[See Conversation No. 256-31H]

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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 6s ]

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Hello.
  • 256-032 12:42 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:53 pm.
  • 005-053 12:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:53 pm.
  • 005-054 12:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 005-055 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 005-056 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 005-057 12:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 256-033 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 256-034 12:56 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:28 pm.

Conversation 005-052, June 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 644217899). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-052 (accessed November 5, 2026).