Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-022

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 1:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-022 on Tape 20 (tape position 00:44:57–00:45:04)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 1:50 PMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The exchange served strictly as a procedural request to initiate personal communication. No policy matters or substantive political topics were discussed during this brief interaction.

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Would you ring Julie, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-22

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: 1:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 318-12]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 020-020 1:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 318-008 1:40 PM · 6 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 1:40 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 020-021 1:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm.
  • 318-011 1:48 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:48 pm.
  • 318-012 1:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:50 pm.
  • 318-013 1:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:56 pm.
  • 020-023 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm.
  • 318-014 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-022, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).