Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-025

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on White House logistics and Family travel

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 1:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation016-025 on Tape 16 (tape position 00:52:48–00:52:59)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 1:05 PMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 1:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon receives a status update from a White House operator regarding the travel plans of his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation confirms that Tricia is currently en route to Washington, D.C. This brief exchange serves primarily to inform the President of his daughter's arrival status.

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Hello.
Mr. President, Ms. Patricia is en route to Washington.
Oh, she's on her way down here.
Yes, sir.
Okay, thank you very much.
You're welcome.

NARA Description

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 1:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-25

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: 1:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

White House operator talked with the President; the President can be heard talking to an
unknown person [Julie Nixon Eisenhower?] in the background.

[See Conversation No. 630-8B]

     Tricia Nixon Cox's location

Also recorded on December 6, 1971

  • 630-004 12:32 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 630-006 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 630-007 12:39 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Milton R. Young, Stephen B. Bull, Willard Edwards, the White House photographer, and unknown person(s) from a National Broadcasting Channel (NBC) film crew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 016-023 12:49 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Milton R. Young talked on the telephone from 12:49 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 016-024 12:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm.
  • 630-008 12:59 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:11 pm.
  • 016-026 1:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 6:44 pm.
  • 630-009 1:11 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 3:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-025, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-025 (accessed October 11, 2026).