Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-135
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family relations
Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 10:33 PM–10:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and her husband, David Eisenhower. The discussion centered on personal family matters and domestic logistics rather than policy or administration business. No significant political decisions or governmental actions resulted from this exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:33 pm to 10:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-135 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-135
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: 10:33 pm - 10:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[This is the original beginning of Conversation No. 007-135, which has been merged with
conversation 007-166.]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/09/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[007-135-w001]
[Duration: 3m 22s]
Wage–price freeze speech
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s opinion
-War and peace
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II joined the conversation at an unknown time after 10:33 pm
Question
Wage–price freeze speech
-Exchange rates
-Germany
-Controls
-Effect on US consumers
-Countries
-Japanese
-Aid
-US initiative
California trip
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
**********************************************************************Also recorded on August 16, 1971
- 007-132 10:23 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:23 pm.
- 007-133 10:24 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford M. Hardin talked on the telephone from 10:24 pm to 10:33 pm.
- 007-134 10:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
- 007-166 10:33 PM · 1 min — the White House operator and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at 10:33 pm.
- 007-136 10:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:37 pm.
- 007-137 10:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. Hodgson talked on the telephone from 10:37 pm to 10:38 pm.
- 007-167 10:38 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:38 pm and 10:40 pm.
- 007-138 10:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-135, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-135 (accessed October 12, 2026).