Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-097
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Congressional relations
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 11:08 PM–11:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 37 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon asks his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, to contact his brother, F. Donald Nixon, to explain his unavailability. The President instructs Julie to tell his brother that he has retired early to prepare for an 8:00 a.m. breakfast briefing with congressmen. This request appears intended to manage potential political inquiries regarding a recent broadcast without the President having to speak to his brother directly.
- F. Donald Nixon
- Presidential scheduling
- Family communications
- Congressional relations
- Political strategy
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:08 pm to 11:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-097 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-97
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Between 11:08 pm and 11:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s call to F. Donald Nixon
-The President’s schedule
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-097, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194629). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-097 (accessed November 2, 2026).