Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-040
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family and Personal correspondence
Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 8:40 AM–8:48 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The discussion focused primarily on personal matters and family updates rather than official policy or administrative business. As the majority of the call is restricted for privacy, the interaction serves as a brief window into the President's personal communications.
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NARA Description
On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-040
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 8:40 am - 8:48 am
Location: White House Telephone
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/24/2017. 5m
33s segment cleared for release with two segments of 1m 3s and 20s remaining closed as 003-040-
w001 and 003-040-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-040-w001]
[Duration: 5m 33s]
Weather
-Virginia Beach, Virginia
Vicki
-Walk on beach
-Sting rays, sharks, and other fish
-Vicki escaped
-Picked up by vacuum cleaner salesman
-Discovered ID of Vicki
-Called press
-Picture in newspaper
-Vicki’s tag
-Middleburg, Virginia
-Mr. Bryan (first name unknown)
President’s schedule
-Florida
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[003-040-w001]
[Duration: 1m 3s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
-Florida
-Roger Johnson
-Golf
-Previous California trip
-May 12, 1971 dinner
-Weather
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[003-040-w001]
[Duration: 20s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Lyndon B. Johnson library ceremony
-David and Julie Eisenhower
-President's schedule
-Florida
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-David and Julie Eisenhower's schedule
-Departure
-Texas
-Return
-Florida
-David and Julie Eisenhower's schedule
Supersonic transport (SST)
-Vote in house
David Eisenhower’s schedule
-Florida
-School
Supersonic transport (SST)
-Vote in house
-Gerald R. Ford's role
-Importance
-Publicity
-Forthcoming Senate vote
-House/Senate conference committee
Mansfield amendment
-United States [US] Troops in Europe
President's schedule
-Florida
-Weather
May Day demonstrators
-Rose Mary Woods
-Copy to Eisenhowers
-Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) poll
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-D.C. Police action
-70 percent approval
-Copy to Eisenhower’s
-Public opinion
Vicki
**********************************************************************Also recorded on May 13, 1971
- 498-002 9:28 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William P. Rogers, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:28 am to 10:03 am.
- 003-041 9:35 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at 9:35 am.
- 498-003 10:04 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Dr. Merlin K. ("Morty") Duval, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Clark MacGregor, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:30 am.
- 498-004 10:30 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:30 am.
- 498-005 10:32 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Steven Baker, Richard J. Daley, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 12:20 pm.
- 498-019 12:20 PM · 23 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:50 pm.
- 057-001 12:22 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and the Citizens' Committee for Government Reorganization, including James M. Roche, Terry Sanford, Dewey F. Bartlett, John E. Robson, Walter N. Thayer, James Finch, Murray Comarow, Francis A. Coy, Betty Furness, Ben W. Heineman, J. Erik Jonsson, Franklin A. Lindsay, Leonard H. Marks, Newton Minow, Gen. Lauris Norstad, Richard M. Paget, Jack S. Parker, James J. Reynolds, Allen P. Stults, Andrew J. Young, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:50 pm.
- 057-002 12:50 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 4:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-040, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-040 (accessed October 11, 2026).