Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-094
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on David Eisenhower
Wednesday, April 14, 1971 · 8:14 PM–8:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his son-in-law, David Eisenhower. The brief interaction served solely to initiate a connection for a private conversation between the two men. No policy matters or official administrative business were discussed during this request.
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NARA Description
On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:14 pm and 8:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-094 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-94
Date: April 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:14 pm and 8:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to [Dwight] David Eisenhower, IIAlso recorded on April 15, 1971
- 001-087 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:57 pm.
- 001-088 7:58 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:58 pm.
- 001-089 7:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 8:03 pm.
- 001-090 8:04 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:04 pm.
- 001-091 8:05 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:12 pm.
- 001-092 8:12 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:13 pm.
- 001-093 8:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:13 pm to 8:14 pm.
- 001-095 8:17 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 8:17 pm to 8:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-094, April 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-094 (accessed October 12, 2026).