Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-122

Nixon, Eisenhower & Haldeman on Vietnam War and Media coverage

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 2:56 PM–2:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation022-122 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:40:53–04:42:46)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 2:56 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 2:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-122 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193209 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon speaks with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, to confirm she received talking points regarding Vietnam that were intended for her and her sister, Tricia Nixon Cox. The conversation also includes a review of Julie's recent positive trip to Louisiana, where she observed a warm reception and a supportive speech by Congressman F. Edward Hebert. They discuss Hebert's criticism of the media for failing to report on military volunteers, as well as logistical arrangements for a future Ladies' Home Journal photo shoot.

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NARA Description

On April 13, 1972, the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-122 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-122

Date: April 13, 1972
Time: 2:56 pm - 2:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     Call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Haldeman conferred with the President at 2:56 pm.

[See Conversation No. 329-32B]

[End of conferral]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/05/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[022-122-w001]
[Duration: 35s]

     Ladies Home Journal
          -Eye On Nixon
               -Cover picture
                    -Photographer
                          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox photograph
                    -The President and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                          -Arrangements for photograph shoot

     The President's trip to Canada

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     Vietnam
          -Talking points
               -Sent to Tricia Nixon Cox
               -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                     -Rose Mary Woods
               -Tricia Nixon Cox
                     -Letter from the President

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s appearance in Louisiana
           -Turnout
           -F. Edward Hebert
                 -Speech
                      -Tribute to the President
                      -Soldiers
                           -Press reports
                           -Sailing of the Midway
                                  -Volunteers
                                        -Press coverage

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This is Haldeman.
Who's calling?
Miss Julie.
Julie.
Just a minute.
Hello.
Miss Julie, sir.
Yeah.
You are.
Oh, I sent some talking points to Tricia.
I don't know whether you got them yet.
No, I didn't.
Well, some talking points to Tricia about Vietnam, in case it came up.
And I told Rose to fire it down, fire a copy to you.
Because Tricia said she had to be on a program, and she said she didn't want to say much, but she wanted to know what she could and couldn't say.
So I covered it in a letter to her.
Oh, that's...
So I fired it on to you.
As you told me last night, you really had a good day in Louisiana, didn't you?
I thought it went fine.
Yeah.
I think it did.
Good turnout.
Yes, nice turnout.
Do you have a minute?
Sure.
I wanted to tell you this great thing about Congressman Hebert.
Yeah.
Well, he got up, and I told you he gave you a beautiful tribute.
But then what he said was that the press, you know, so often talks about the one or two soldiers who won't go to the front in Vietnam, and yet when the Midway sails for Vietnam, 100 men volunteered to go, and the press never printed it.
So he socked it to him.
It was really great.
Great.
Well, he's a strong, good man.
Yeah, he is good.
Good, good.
Okay, well, thanks, Darby, a million.
Thank you.
Bye.
Good luck.

Also recorded on April 13, 1972

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  • 329-028 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 329-029 1:30 PM · 21 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 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 329-030 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 329-031 1:30 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 329-032 2:00 PM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 708-001 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-122, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193209). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-122 (accessed November 2, 2026).