Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-076

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Social planning and Rose Mary Woods

Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 1:07 PM–1:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation034-076 on Tape 34StartThursday, December 14, 1972 at 1:07 PMEndThursday, December 14, 1972 at 1:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-076 ↗

President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, coordinate holiday social engagements and confirm the inclusion of key guests like Rose Mary Woods and Alice Roosevelt Longworth. The discussion focuses on ensuring proper dinner invitations to prevent potential interpersonal friction and finalizing informal meal plans. Additionally, the pair briefly touches upon the logistical status of a refrigerator repair being managed by Rex Scouten.

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Hello.
Mr. President.
Yeah.
Daddy.
Hi, honey.
Rose couldn't come, but we invited her.
She seems in good spirits.
Great.
But you invited her.
Invited her.
And she's going to New York with me Saturday for Elmer's event.
Very happy.
Fine.
Well, she'll go on the plane with you, but just be sure she was invited because... She was.
Mommy was really nice and called her.
Yeah, and to say we wanted to have her for dinner so that then there won't be any bitching around that she wasn't invited this season.
Yeah, she seemed in good spirit.
Good, good, good, good.
How about Mrs. L, did she go under that?
Yeah, we're going to have her on the 18th, a Monday night, and Lucy's going to call and invite her.
All right, good.
That's great, honey.
Good deal.
So we thought just trays in the home from the Christmas tree.
it'll be more fun that's right good that's right i think do you think she'd like trays oh no not mrs longworth but i mean just for you tonight if you're tonight oh by all means by all means okay honey fine how are you coming on the refrigerator um i haven't heard from rex but i'm sure it'll be fine okay good

On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:07 pm to 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-076 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 34-76

Date: December 14, 1972
Time: Between 1:07 and 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 823-12A]

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       The President’s schedule
            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s recent conversation with Rose Mary Woods
                   -Dinner invitation
                   -Trip to New York
                         -Elmer H. Bobst
                   -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
            -Alice Roosevelt Longworth
                   -Dinner invitation
                   -Scheduling
                         -Lucy Winchester
            -The President’s dinner plans
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 34-76 (cont’d)

       Refrigerator
             -Rex Scouten

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Conversation 034-076, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-076 (accessed September 28, 2026).