Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-087

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 2:54 PM–4:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-087 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:24:32–03:24:45)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 2:54 PMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 4:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-087 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to connect a call between First Lady Pat Nixon and their daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This brief interaction served as a administrative request to facilitate personal family communication. No political or policy-related matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Would you get Mrs. Nixon for Julie, please?
Mrs. Nixon for Julie.
All right.

NARA Description

On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-087 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-87

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 703-1A]

     Request that the White House operator call Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon for Julie Nixon
         Eisenhower

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

  • 330-018 12:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 022-088 2:54 PM · 2 min — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 703-001 2:54 PM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward R. F. Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David N. Parker, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 703-002 4:30 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-003 4:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-004 4:36 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 703-005 4:55 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 703-006 4:59 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, John K. Andrews, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 6:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-087, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-087 (accessed October 1, 2026).