Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-015

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Family communication

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 4:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-015 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 4:38 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 4:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The operator promptly acknowledged the President's request to reach her. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical coordination for the President to initiate private communication with his family.

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Yes, please.
Teacher Julie, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-15

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: 4:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on September 21, 1972

  • 030-013 2:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-007 2:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-011 3:15 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 030-014 4:36 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 4:36 pm.
  • 357-012 5:02 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-013 5:02 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-014 5:02 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 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.
  • 357-015 5:02 PM · 12 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 5:02 pm and 5:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-015, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).