Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-015

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications

Tuesday, September 28, 1971 · 5:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-015 on Tape 10 (tape position 00:24:46–00:24:54)StartTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:51 PMEndTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The operator attempted to facilitate the request but informed the President that she was currently unavailable. No further actions were taken during this brief exchange.

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You get me Julie, please.
Thank you.
She's out.

NARA Description

On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-15

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 5:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 579-12]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on September 28, 1971

  • 010-016 5:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 010-017 5:51 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-012 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-013 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-014 5:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-015 5:51 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 6:42 pm.
  • 010-018 5:53 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:53 pm to 5:54 pm.
  • 010-019 5:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-015, September 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-015 (accessed October 2, 2026).