Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-052
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Social scheduling
Monday, February 7, 1972 · 4:53 PM–8:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 46 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed the logistics of an upcoming business dinner speech, specifically confirming the attendance of guests Helene and Jack Drown. They also briefly reviewed the details of a recent Florida visit with Julie and David Eisenhower, including a dinner outing. No major policy decisions were made during this brief exchange regarding social and family scheduling.
- Social scheduling
- Family matters
- Presidential itinerary
- Helene Drown
- Jack Drown
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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NARA Description
On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-52
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 319-18]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/01/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-052-w001]
[Duration: 43s]
President's schedule
-Business dinner speech
-Attendance by Helene (Colesie) Drown and Jack Drown
-Dinner
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Visit with President in Florida February 4-6 1972
-Dinner at restaurant
**********************************************************************Also recorded on February 7, 1972
- 020-051 4:49 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-015 4:49 PM · 43 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 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-016 4:49 PM · 3 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 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-017 4:49 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 319-018 4:52 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:52 pm to 4:53 pm.
- 020-053 4:53 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm.
- 020-054 4:53 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm.
- 319-019 4:55 PM · 2 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., unknown person(s), White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:55 pm to 7:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-052, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-052 (accessed October 1, 2026).