Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-165
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications
Friday, May 5, 1972 · 1:59 PM–2:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served solely as a request to initiate the connection. No policy matters or substantive political topics were discussed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-165 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-165
Date: May 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:59 and 2:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 335-29]
Request for a call to Julie Nixon EisenhowerAlso recorded on May 5, 1972
- 720-019 12:44 PM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:59 pm.
- 335-028 1:59 PM · 47 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 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
- 335-029 1:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
- 335-030 1:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
- 023-166 2:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:05 pm.
- 335-031 2:05 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 335-032 2:05 PM · 53 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 2:05 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 335-033 2:10 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 3:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-165, May 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/023-165 (accessed October 9, 2026).