Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-085
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential family
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:50 PM–3:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon speaks with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This brief logistical exchange serves to coordinate communication between the President and his family. The conversation functions solely as a bridge to a subsequent personal discussion.
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NARA Description
On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-085 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-85
Date: January 13, 1972
Time: 3:50 pm - 3:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 314-6]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[018-085-w001]
[Duration: 1m 14s]
Greetings
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Television appearance
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s opinion
-Tough questions
-Women's issue
-Press bias
Schedule
-Camp David
******************************************************************************Also recorded on January 13, 1972
- 314-002 3:41 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 314-010 3:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 314-011 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 314-006 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
- 314-007 3:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 314-008 3:52 PM · 13 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 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 314-009 3:55 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John V. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-085, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-085 (accessed September 29, 2026).