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Conversation 036-006

TapeTape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:56 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:59 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Eisenhower, Julie NixonRecording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discuss final logistical arrangements for the upcoming 1973 presidential inauguration ceremonies. They coordinate seating arrangements for official events, deciding to keep box seating restricted to family members rather than including the Marriott family. Additionally, they address the absence of Alice Roosevelt Longworth due to illness and consider potential guests to fill the resulting vacancy in the front row seating.

1973 Presidential InaugurationEvent LogisticsSeating ArrangementsAlice Roosevelt LongworthJulie Nixon Eisenhower
AudioNARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-6

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: 11:56 am - 11:59 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See also Conversation No. 397-13]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule

       The President’s condition

       1973 Inauguration ceremony
            -J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr. family
            -The President’s family
            -Alice Roosevelt Longworth
                  -Health
            -Rose Mary Woods
            -Longworth
            -Weather

       The President’s schedule
            -Dr. William O. Chase

       Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s reception
            -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
            -Heritage House

       1973 Inauguration ceremony
            -Entertainment
                  -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Jul-08)

                                                         Conversation No. 36-6 (cont’d)

             -The President’s family
                   -Delores (Reade) Hope
             -Salute to the States
             -Marriott family

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Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello.
Julie.
Daddy?
Just wanted to know how things went last night.
Oh, it was just fine.
Fine.
It really was.
How are you?
You sound tired.
Do I really?
No, you just did when you first answered the phone.
Oh, no, no.
No, it's fine, fine.
Good.
Yeah.
Daddy, I want to ask you one thing.
The concert hall's box seats 12, and the other two boxes seat 8.
Right.
Do we want to invite the Marriotts to sit with us, or do we want to have just the six of us?
Oh, the six of us should sit.
Okay.
I think that's important in this occasion.
Oh, well, sure, the Marriotts can sit there.
No, I don't want them.
I just want to make sure.
I just want to know if you thought it would look empty.
I don't think it will.
No, no, no, they'll have somebody.
I think the six of us should be there.
Fine.
We'll have... And, Daddy, the other thing I wanted to ask you, Mrs. Longworth apparently is sick.
She's spitting up blood and everything, so she can't come.
Oh, boy.
Yeah, she can't come.
There is that extra seat on the front row.
Do we want to put rows there?
It might be awfully nice.
You know, Ben's such a great friend.
You mean in the box?
No, I mean at the inaugurals on the, when you give your address.
Fine.
In that front row.
Very, very good idea.
I think it would be really nice, but only if you think it's good, because I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, over there.
That's a very good thought, very nice thought.
All right.
All righty.
It would be a nice touch.
People wouldn't like the idea that she's been alone and all that.
She's really that sick, is she, Mrs. Longstreet?
Apparently she is.
I'm so disappointed she can't come.
Listen, the weather is beautiful.
It's coming along.
Sixty.
Yeah, we hope it stays about half this way tomorrow.
Oh, it'll be great.
I got your little note.
That's fine.
I'll go to tell sometime in the next two weeks I'll go over and see Chase.
Sure.
Have him come in.
But were the events yesterday well done, well handled?
Oh, listen, the salute.
Mother was just mobbed at the Agnew reception, and the stories have been great.
We saw everybody and mingled, and we're going to go over today to the heritage thing, and it will be just marvelous, I know.
Very good.
And then last night, Mrs. Hope sat with us in the box, and he was so great.
It was a nice evening.
That was a salute to the states.
Right.
Right.
He did a good job, as usual.
He did, yeah.
And I suppose that you and Mommy got a big reception, huh?
Yeah, we did.
We got a great reception.
Mommy, you know, they all stood and applauded.
That's good.
It was very nice.
That's good, sweetie.
I will have a good time tonight.
I don't know about the Marriotts.
I mean, frankly.
Frankly, I think just the family.
I just don't think we ought to have anybody else there.
I think it should just be the family, and then everybody will understand.
Good.
I think so, too.
I wonder who those people are.
We'll do nice things for them.
Oh, no, we don't have to do anything for them.
They're very happy.
Sure.
Yeah.
Sure, sure, sure.
Okay.
All right, fine, fine.
Okay, bye.
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