Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-168

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal correspondence

Tuesday, July 20, 1971 · 8:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation006-168 on Tape 6 (tape position 04:01:44–04:02:01)StartTuesday, July 20, 1971 at 8:09 PMEndTuesday, July 20, 1971 at 8:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-168 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The primary purpose of the exchange was to determine Julie’s current location so that the operator could successfully connect the President to her. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief communication.

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NARA Description

On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-168 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 6-168

Date: July 20, 1971
Time: 8:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

     Julie Eisenhower's location

Also recorded on July 21, 1971

  • 006-167 8:07 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:08 pm.
  • 006-169 8:10 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 pm.
  • 006-170 8:11 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stewart Stout talked on the telephone from 8:11 pm to 8:12 pm.
  • 006-171 10:05 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 2:39 pm.
  • 264-001 10:05 AM · 24 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 10:05 am and 10:21 am.
  • 264-002 10:05 AM · 15 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 10:05 am and 10:21 am.
  • 264-003 10:21 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:21 am to 11:01 am.
  • 264-004 11:01 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:05 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 006-168, July 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-168 (accessed October 12, 2026).