Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-077

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal communication and Family

Wednesday, May 19, 1971 · 7:58 PM–7:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation003-077 on Tape 3 (tape position 01:39:14–01:39:48)StartWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 7:58 PMEndWednesday, May 19, 1971 at 7:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-077 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The discussion was personal in nature and served as a private familial check-in. Given the brevity of the call and the withdrawal of the primary content, no substantive policy matters or official administrative actions were addressed.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:58 pm to 7:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-077 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 003-077

Date: May 19, 1971
Time: 7:58 pm - 7:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-077-w001]
[Duration: 34s]

     Bowling
         -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

            -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule

     An unknown man

     Secret Service

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Conversation 003-077, May 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-077 (accessed October 9, 2026).