Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-100

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Marcellona Spain

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 11:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-100 on Tape 31StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 11:22 AMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-100 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. He also asked to be connected to Marcellona Spain, the wife of his former personal aide, Don Spain. This brief exchange served solely to facilitate personal communications between the President and these individuals.

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Could you get me Julie and Marcellona Spain, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-100 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-100

Date: October 17, 1972

Time: 11:22 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 801-9]

        Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on October 17, 1972

  • 801-009 11:22 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:22 am.
  • 801-010 11:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:24 am.
  • 031-101 11:24 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:24 am.
  • 801-011 11:24 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:24 am.
  • 801-012 11:24 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-013 11:24 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-014 11:24 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-015 11:24 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-100, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-100 (accessed September 25, 2026).