Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-023
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Republican Governors
Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 1:56 PM–2:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower discuss the success of her recent trip to Pittsburgh and a positive press report regarding First Lady Pat Nixon. The conversation transitions into an update on the President’s recent schedule, specifically his attendance at the National Prayer Breakfast and a meeting with Republican governors. The two also touch upon political strategy, including the potential national prominence of Governor Reubin Askew as a future Democratic keynote speaker or vice-presidential candidate.
- Pat Nixon
- Republican Governors
- National Prayer Breakfast
- Reubin Askew
- Political Strategy
- Public Relations
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NARA Description
On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-23
Date: February 2, 1972
Time: 1:56 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 318-14]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule
-Pittsburgh
-Associated Press [AP] story
Charles W. Colson's memorandum
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s trip
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-023-w001]
[Duration: 22s]
Charles W. Colson’s memorandum
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's trip
-Reaction to memorandum
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President's schedule
-Prayer breakfast
-Governors meeting
-Result
-Reubin O. Askew
-Republicans
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/13/2019.
1m 52s segment cleared for release with three segments of 5s, 12s and 18s remaining closed as
020-023-w002 and 020-023-w003, and 020-023-w004 respectively.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-023-w002]
[Duration: 1m 52s]
Democratic National Convention
-Reubin O. Askew
-Keynote speaker
-Significance
-South
-Potential Vice Presidential candidate
-1968 Republican National Convention keynote speaker
-John V. Lindsay
-Spiro T. Agnew
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s opinion
-Daniel J. Evans
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[020-023-w002]
[Duration: 5s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Weather
-Washington D.C.
The President's schedule
-Potential trip to Florida February, 3 1972
-Reading
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[020-023-w003]
[Duration: 12s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Opinion of Florida
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Disadvantages
-Walker's Cay
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[020-023-w004]
[Duration: 18s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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The President’s schedule
-Potential trip to Florida
-Walker’s Cay
-Weather
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
**********************************************************************Also recorded on February 2, 1972
- 020-021 1:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm.
- 020-022 1:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 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.
- 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.
- 020-024 2:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm.
- 318-015 2:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm.
- 318-016 2:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-023, 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/020-023 (accessed October 9, 2026).