Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-101

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on ABC documentary and USS Albany

Sunday, September 12, 1971 · 5:31 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone ·38 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation008-101 onTape 8 (tape position 04:43:11–04:43:48)StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 5:31 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-101 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to contact his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, who was currently aboard the USS Albany. He requested that she be informed of an upcoming ABC documentary airing that evening regarding First Lady Pat Nixon. The President sought to ensure that Julie would be aware of the program and able to view it while at sea.

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Hello.
Julie was aboard a ship, sir, expected at 8.30.
Should I ask her to call you?
She's aboard a ship.
I see.
She's probably the Albany.
Would you see if you could just get a message to her on the ship?
I'm sure they have television.
To be sure and see the ABC program on her mother.
It's a documentary at 7 o'clock tonight, ABC.
Yes, I will, sir.
Bye.

NARA Description

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-101

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 278-31]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower's location
           -Ship
           -Message
                 -Viewing of American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] program on Thelma C.
                      (“Pat”) Nixon
                      -Time

Also recorded on September 12, 1971

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  • 008-100 5:15 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 278-030 5:15 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 008-102 5:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 278-031 5:31 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 008-103 5:33 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 278-032 5:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:33 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 008-104 5:53 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 9:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-101, September 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-101 (accessed September 18, 2026).