Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-044
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Presidential health and Family affairs
Monday, December 11, 1972 · 5:09 PM–5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, exchanged updates on personal matters, including the successful reception of the First Lady’s Christmas show and the President’s physical recovery from stiffness. The pair coordinated a brief meeting for later that evening to discuss Julie’s professional career and employment situation. This conversation served primarily as a check-in to confirm scheduling for their upcoming in-person consultation.
- Pat Nixon
- Presidential health
- Family affairs
- Career planning
- Scheduling
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NARA Description
On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:09 pm to 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-44
Date: December 11, 1972
Time: 5:09 pm- 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See Conversation No. 385-12A]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Greetings
Christmas show [candlelighters?]
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Outcome
The President’s health
-Stiffness
The President’s upcoming meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Scheduling
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s employment
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on December 11, 1972
- 034-042 4:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 385-010 4:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 034-043 5:01 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:09 pm.
- 385-011 5:01 PM · 12 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 5:01 pm and 5:09 pm.
- 385-012 5:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 385-013 5:10 PM · 11 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 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 385-014 5:14 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:14 pm to 5:37 pm.
- 034-045 5:21 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-044, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-044 (accessed October 1, 2026).