Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-040

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Wednesday, March 29, 1972 · 9:19 AM–11:27 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-040 on Tape 22 (tape position 01:51:37–01:51:42)StartWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 9:19 AMEndWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 11:27 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-040 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This brief exchange served exclusively to facilitate personal communication between the President and his daughter. No other official business or policy discussions were conducted during the call.

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Ring Julie, please.
Julie.

NARA Description

On March 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 11:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-40

Date: March 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 11:27 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 696-1A]

     Request for call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on March 29, 1972

  • 696-001 9:20 AM · 3 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:20 am to 12:29 pm.
  • 022-041 11:27 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:27 am.
  • 022-042 12:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:17 pm to 12:18 pm.
  • 022-043 12:18 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-012 12:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-013 12:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-014 12:57 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Gen. William Westmoreland, Norman Vincent Peale, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-015 12:57 PM · 17 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.

All 21 conversations from March 29, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-040, March 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-040 (accessed October 12, 2026).