Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-040

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Inauguration and Church service

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 12:10 PM–12:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation036-040 on Tape 36StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 12:10 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 12:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-040 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower discuss the distribution of recordings from a recent inaugural church service. Julie informs the President that excerpts of the service have already been broadcast on news programs and that preparations are underway to mail tapes of the event. The two consider whether to send these recordings to the approximately 53,000 individuals who were invited to the inauguration, ultimately agreeing to further evaluate the logistical feasibility of such a mass mailing.

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Yeah.
Julie, Mr. President.
Daddy?
Hi, Julie.
Hi, is this bedtime?
No, honey, not at all.
That's wonderful.
Well, I'm so glad, and I'm glad everything worked out.
Yeah, I wanted you to know, and, Daddy, I found out the things about the broadcast, and I can tell you tonight if that's better, or you can call me any time today.
What do you know about the taping, the church service?
Oh, I got that already.
I understand it was taped, and it was broadcast, too.
It was broadcast, but they... On some of the excerpts on some of the news shows.
Yeah.
And they're getting it ready to mail out.
They're going to mail her out.
Right.
Good, good.
And do you want it mailed out to the 53,000 who attended and couldn't attend the inauguration?
Kind of a share the spirit of the... Or is that too many?
I don't know.
Were there 53,000?
Yeah.
could not attend no that's the total number of those who attended and those who were invited and couldn't i see maybe you want to check it out i'll work it out over here all right good okay bye

NARA Description

On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-40

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 399-14]

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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 36-40 (cont’d)

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

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/12/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[036-040-w001]
[Duration: 47s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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       Church service
            -Broadcast
            -Taping
            -Mailing
            -Inaugural guests

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Also recorded on January 22, 1973

  • 399-012 10:48 AM · 20 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 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
  • 399-013 10:48 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
  • 399-014 11:01 AM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:01 am to 1:20 pm.
  • 400-001 12:12 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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 400-002 12:12 PM · 8 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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 400-003 12:12 PM · 26 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 12:12 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 399-015 1:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 399-016 1:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 2:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-040, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-040 (accessed October 11, 2026).