Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-171
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family and Personal correspondence
Monday, November 29, 1971 · 6:15 PM–6:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, to facilitate personal communication. The discussion was primarily focused on coordinating the President's evening schedule, specifically regarding dinner plans. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this short call.
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NARA Description
On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 6:15 pm to 6:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-171 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-171
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 6:15 pm - 6:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
The President talked with Julie Eisenhower.
[See also Conversation No. 306-16]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/21/2019.
13s segment cleared for release. 2s remain closed as 015-171-w001.]
[Personal Returnable]
[015-171-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
The President's schedule
-Dinner
-Time
-Telephone call with Charles W. Colson
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[015-171-w001]
[Duration: 2s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 29, 1971
- 306-015 6:14 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:14 pm and 6:15 pm.
- 306-016 6:15 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:15 pm to 6:16 pm.
- 015-172 6:16 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 306-017 6:16 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 306-018 6:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 306-019 6:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 015-173 6:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:22 pm to 6:28 pm.
- 306-020 6:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:22 pm to 6:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-171, November 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-171 (accessed October 16, 2026).