Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-106
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Busing and School Desegregation
Friday, March 17, 1972 · 5:36 PM–5:40 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discuss the positive public reception to the President's recent speech on school busing. Nixon notes that while some Southern politicians push for more aggressive legislative action, the administration remains focused on securing a moratorium on busing. The President expresses satisfaction that even Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, despite expressing reservations, intends to support the proposed legislation.
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NARA Description
On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:36 pm to 5:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-106 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-106
Date: March 17, 1972
Time: 5:36 pm - 5:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 324-5]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Busing speech reaction
-Southerners
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Moratorium
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
******************************************************************************Also recorded on March 17, 1972
- 324-001 5:25 PM · 4 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 5:25 pm and 5:29 pm.
- 324-002 5:25 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm.
- 021-104 5:29 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:30 pm.
- 021-105 5:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 324-003 5:32 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 an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 324-004 5:32 PM · 9 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 5:32 pm and 5:36 pm.
- 324-005 5:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:36 pm to 5:40 pm.
- 324-006 5:40 PM · 25 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 5:40 pm and 5:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-106, March 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-106 (accessed October 12, 2026).