Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 9 › Conversation 009-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Friday, September 17, 1971 · 7:59 PM–8:05 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation009-069 onTape 9 (tape position 02:08:49–02:08:57)StartFriday, September 17, 1971 at 7:59 PMEndFriday, September 17, 1971 at 8:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and his family. No policy matters or official business were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Try Julie, please.

NARA Description

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-69

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on September 17, 1971

  • 009-064 4:32 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 7:48 pm.
  • 575-005 4:34 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert T. Stafford, Helen C. Stafford, Neil Houston, William E. Timmons, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 575-006 4:41 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm.
  • 575-007 4:43 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Eugene V. Risher met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:43 pm to 6:24 pm.
  • 009-065 7:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:48 pm.
  • 009-066 7:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stan Smith talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 7:55 pm.
  • 009-067 7:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 7:59 pm.
  • 009-068 7:59 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-069, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-069 (accessed September 18, 2026).