Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal calls

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 5:32 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-024 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 5:32 PMEndTuesday, April 18, 1972 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The President directs the White House operator to place the call, serving as a routine personal communication between family members. No further policy or administrative matters are addressed during this brief exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Julie, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-24

Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:32 and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 712-7]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on April 18, 1972

  • 023-022 4:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 023-023 5:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 712-005 5:01 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 712-006 5:01 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Clark MacGregor, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 712-007 5:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 023-025 5:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 712-008 5:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 712-009 5:35 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-024, April 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/023-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).