Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-071
Nixon, Cox & Eisenhower on AFL-CIO and George Meany
Saturday, November 20, 1971 · 10:57 AM–11:01 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with his daughters, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, regarding the public and media reception of his recent speech at the AFL-CIO convention. Tricia provided her perspective on the television network coverage, specifically critiquing the commentary from NBC and ABC, and offered her assessment of George Meany’s partisan reaction to the President's labor policies. The call also touched upon logistical arrangements for the family’s upcoming weekend trip to Camp David.
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NARA Description
On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-071 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-71
Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 10:57 am - 11:01 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Tricia Nixon Cox
Tricia Cox talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 621-28A]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/24/2019.
3m 46s segment cleared for release with two segments of 11s and 26s remaining closed as 015-
071-w001 and 015-071-w002 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[015-071-w001]
[Duration: 3m 46s]
The President's schedule
-Afternoon departure for Camp David
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Weather
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[015-071-w001]
[Duration: 11s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-Convention
-The President’s speech
-Transcript
-New York Times and Boston Herald Traveler
-George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Television coverage
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Compared to other networks
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Thomas E. Jarriel
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Chet Huntley and David Brinkley
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Public reaction
-George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Text
-Quotations in radio broadcast
George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Partisanship
-The President’s treatment of labor
The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull and Julie Nixon Eisenhower at an unknown time
[See Conversation No. 621-28]
[End of conferral]
The President's schedule
-Stephen B. Bull
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[015-071-w002]
[Duration: 26s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The President conferred with Julie Nixon Eisenhower at 11:01 am
[See Conversation No. 621-28]
[End of conferral]
[End of telephone conversation]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 20, 1971
- 015-065 10:45 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
- 015-069 10:50 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
- 621-026 10:50 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
- 015-070 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Seymour Halpern talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
- 621-027 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Seymour Halpern met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
- 621-028 10:57 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, and Alan Bible met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am.
- 015-072 11:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alan Bible talked on the telephone from 11:02 am to 11:05 am.
- 621-029 11:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-071, November 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-071 (accessed October 12, 2026).