Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-102
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal communication
Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 11:30 AM–11:32 AM ET · White House Telephone ·18 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon spoke with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, in a brief personal telephone call. The conversation was largely administrative in nature as the participants were connected by White House operators. Due to the withdrawal of the substantive content from the public record, no policy matters or specific decisions are preserved in this transcript.
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NARA Description
On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:30 am to 11:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-102
Date: October 17, 1972
Time: 11:30 am - 11:32 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 801-16A]
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[Duration: 2m 12 ]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on October 17, 1972
- 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.
- 801-016 11:26 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, Corrine ("Lindy") (Clairborne) Boggs, Stephen B. Bull, Robert J. Brown, Gale E. Sayers, Paul R. Jones, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:26 am to 12:10 pm.
- 031-103 11:32 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:33 am.
- 031-104 11:33 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Corrine ("Lindy") (Clairborne) Boggs talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:34 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-102, 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/031-102 (accessed September 18, 2026).