Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-020

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 10:00 PM–10:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-020 on Tape 24 (tape position 00:20:27–00:20:35)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 10:00 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 10:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction serves solely to facilitate this private communication. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions are discussed during the exchange.

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Yes, please.
Ring Julie, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:00 pm and 10:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-20

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:00 pm and 10:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-69D]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 101-004 9:44 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
  • 101-006 9:44 PM · 2 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
  • 101-008 9:44 PM · 2 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
  • 024-018 9:45 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 pm and 9:57 pm.
  • 336-069 9:45 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Charles W. Colson, [David] Kenneth Rush, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Meany, Edward R. F. Cox, William F. ("Billy") Graham, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 11:22 pm.
  • 024-019 9:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:57 pm to 10:00 pm.
  • 024-021 10:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:06 pm.
  • 024-022 10:23 PM · 9 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-020, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).