Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-060
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal correspondence and Family
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 8:32 PM–8:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 31 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, personal telephone conversation with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The discussion was entirely private in nature, as indicated by the withdrawal of the transcript content for personal reasons. No administrative or political developments were recorded during this interaction.
- Personal correspondence
- Family
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Private communication
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:32 pm to 8:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-060 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-060
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 8:32 pm- 8:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Telephone call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/15/2017. 6m
29s segment cleared for release with three segments of 4s, 6s, and 6s remaining closed as 012-060-
w001, 012-060-w002, and 012-060-w003 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[012-060-w001]
[Duration: 6m 29s]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s previous telephone call
with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-The President’s announcement of nominees to the Supreme Court
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[012-060-w001]
[Duration: 4s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s response
Supreme Court nominees
-Rose Mary Woods’s delivery of copy of speech to Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s opinion
-Female appointee
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s response
-Florida
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-NBC News reaction to announcement
-Women viewers
-Legal background
-Age
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[012-060-w002]
[Duration: 6s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Appointment of Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Influence over the President
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-The President’s schedule
-Speech
National Broadcasting Company [NBC] commentary
-Lewis F. Powell
-William H. Rehnquist
-Birch Bayh
Lack of qualified women candidate
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s potential response
-Florida
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-John N. Mitchell
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s response to the Supreme Court announcement
-Appointment of Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist versus a female
Speech announcing Supreme Court nominees
-The President’s schedule
-Media coverage
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Peace forces
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[012-060-w003]
[Duration: 6s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Republican women speech
-Influence over the President
-American Bar Association [ABA]
******************************************************************************Also recorded on October 22, 1971
- 012-059 8:19 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 012-061 8:40 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:40 pm.
- 012-062 8:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 8:40 pm to 8:47 pm.
- 012-063 8:48 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:48 pm.
- 012-064 8:48 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 8:48 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 012-065 8:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
- 012-066 8:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:00 pm.
- 012-067 9:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:00 pm to 9:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-060, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-060 (accessed October 12, 2026).