Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-105
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications
Sunday, December 17, 1972 · 12:02 AM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. He instructed the operator to attempt to reach her in her room and provided instructions for her to return the call to the Lincoln Sitting Room if she was unavailable. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request for the President's private family correspondence.
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Personal communications
- Lincoln Sitting Room
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:02 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-105 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-105
Date: December 17, 1972
Time: 12:02 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Return call
-Lincoln Sitting RoomAlso recorded on December 17, 1972
- 034-106 12:02 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 am and 9:52 am.
- 034-107 12:02 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 am and 9:52 am.
- 034-108 12:02 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 am and 9:52 am.
- 034-109 9:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:52 am to 9:55 am.
- 034-153 9:55 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:56 am.
- 034-110 9:56 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 10:02 am.
- 034-111 10:02 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:03 am.
- 034-112 10:03 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:03 am to 10:09 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-105, December 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/034-105 (accessed October 5, 2026).