Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-128
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Les Arends and Gerald R. Ford
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 9:13 PM–9:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discuss the political roles and contributions of key Republican figures in Congress. The President highlights the significance of Congressman Les Arends as an indispensable leader regarding national defense policy and contrasts his role with that of Congressman Gerald Ford. The conversation serves as an informal assessment of these House leaders' loyalty and their strategic importance to the administration's goals.
- Les Arends
- Gerald R. Ford
- Republican Party leadership
- Congressional relations
- National defense
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-128
Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 9:13 pm - 9:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 376-6]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/24/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-128-w001]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Duration: 5m 51s]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule
-Congressman Les Arends
-Geneva, Aurora, Battavia, Illinois
-Freshman Congressman
-The President’s view of Les Arends
-Indispensable leader in Congress
-Positions on national defense and peace with honor
-Keeping America strong
-Congressman Gerald R. Ford
-Chairman of Republican Convention 1968
-1972 Republican Convention
-Grand Rapids
-Anecdote
-The President’s view of Gerald R. Ford
-Betty Ford
-Political and personal friends
-Top leaders
-Republican leader of the House
-Comparison to Les Arends
-Whip
-Loyalty
******************************************************************************Also recorded on November 2, 1972
- 032-125 7:38 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:38 pm.
- 032-127 7:42 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 376-002 8:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 376-003 8:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 376-004 8:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 376-005 8:08 PM · 13 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 8:08 pm and 9:13 pm.
- 376-006 9:13 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:13 pm to 9:19 pm.
- 032-129 9:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 10:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-128, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-128 (accessed October 24, 2026).