Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-070
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Congressional relations and Russia trip
Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 9:07 PM–9:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, about his day and upcoming plans. They discussed Nixon's successful meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders regarding his Russia trip, and Mrs. Nixon's ceremonial first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game. Nixon also outlined his schedule, including work on the China initiative and a potential weekend trip to Camp David, which he offered to Julie and David.
- Presidential schedule
- Congressional relations
- Russia trip
- Baltimore Orioles
- First pitch
- China initiative
- Camp David
Audio
NARA Description
On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-070
Date: October 12, 1971
Time: 9:07 pm - 9:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 291-3]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[011-070-w001]
[Duration: 1m 59s]
The President’s schedule
-October 12, 1971 dinner with J. Curtis Counts
-Location
-Weather
-Meeting with bi-partisan congressional leaders on upcoming Russia trip
Baltimore Orioles game
-Mrs. Nixon
-First pitch
-Washington Post coverage
-Game outcome
-David Eisenhower
The President’s schedule
-China
-Upcoming trip to Camp David
Camp David weather
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Also recorded on October 12, 1971
- 291-001 8:37 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 291-003 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
- 011-071 9:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
- 291-004 9:09 PM · 8 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 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
- 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
- 291-005 9:12 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
- 291-006 9:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
- 291-007 9:13 PM · 38 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 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-070, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190037). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-070 (accessed November 12, 2026).