Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-158
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on 1972 Presidential Campaign
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 7:23 PM–7:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his son-in-law, David Eisenhower, discuss the logistics and scheduling of upcoming campaign broadcasts. The conversation focuses on coordinating radio and television appearances, including the involvement of First Lady Pat Nixon. The primary objective is to manage the President's media schedule in the final days of his reelection campaign.
- 1972 Presidential Campaign
- Media strategy
- Pat Nixon
- Campaign broadcasting
- Presidential scheduling
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-158 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-158
Date: November 2, 1972
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Time: 7:23 pm - 7:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II.
[See Conversation No. 390-22]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/24/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal returnable]
[032-158-w001]
[Duration: 53s]
Schedule
-David Eisenhower
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
The President’s campaign broadcasts
-Radio speeches
-Television
-Broadcast time
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-The President's schedule
******************************************************************************Also recorded on November 3, 1972
- 390-021 7:00 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:00 pm to 7:04 pm.
- 032-157 7:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm.
- 390-022 7:23 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
- 390-023 7:24 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 7:24 pm and 8:06 pm.
- 390-026 7:24 PM · 10 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 7:24 pm and 8:06 pm.
- 032-159 8:03 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:42 am.
- 391-011 8:03 AM · 23 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 8:03 am and 8:07 am.
- 391-012 8:03 AM · 1 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 8:03 am and 8:07 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-158, November 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-158 (accessed September 28, 2026).