Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-109

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal communication

Saturday, March 18, 1972 · 12:10 PM–12:11 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation021-109 on Tape 21 (tape position 04:04:41–04:06:12)StartSaturday, March 18, 1972 at 12:10 PMEndSaturday, March 18, 1972 at 12:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, exchanged brief personal greetings during a short telephone call. The conversation consisted of informal pleasantries and did not address substantive policy or political matters. No decisions were reached, as the interaction served solely as a private familial check-in.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:07:58Julie, please.
2:07:58Thank you.
2:08:02Julie, man.
2:08:03Hello.
2:08:03Daddy, hi.
2:09:33Mr. President, Julie's calling you.
2:09:34Yeah.
2:09:34Hello, Julie.

NARA Description

On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-109

Date: March 18, 1972
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 688-9]

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Also recorded on March 18, 1972

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  • 688-006 11:53 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 11:59 am.
  • 688-007 12:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:01 pm.
  • 688-008 12:01 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:10 pm.
  • 688-009 12:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
  • 688-010 12:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 688-011 12:11 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 688-012 12:15 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-109, March 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-109 (accessed October 3, 2026).