Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-032

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on White House correspondents' dinner

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 6:08 PM–6:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 49 sec

ParticipantsEisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation038-032 on Tape 38StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 6:08 PMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 6:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-032 ↗

AI Summary

Julie Nixon Eisenhower and President Nixon coordinated logistics for their upcoming attendance at the White House correspondents’ dinner. They discussed the arrival time for the President and his guests, which included Bebe Rebozo and David Eisenhower. The participants agreed to skip the pre-dinner cocktail party and expressed skepticism regarding whether the event organizers would be prepared for the President's scheduled arrival at 8:45 p.m.

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Yeah.
I have Julie calling.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Hello.
Daddy?
Hi, Julie.
I understand that it was a great...
It was.
Very nice.
It sure was.
I wanted to tell you that Bebe's here.
Oh, great.
And he and David and I are going to go over about 10 of 8 to the... Oh, you're going over to the dinner?
Yeah.
Aren't you going to have dinner there?
Yeah, we are.
It starts at 10 of 8.
It starts at 10 of 8.
Yeah, it starts at 8.
We're not going to go to the cocktail party, naturally.
Oh, I see.
We're supposed to be there at 8.45.
Well, they probably won't be ready for us by that time.
Yeah.
I can't believe they'd be ready by 8.45.
Okay.
Have a wonderful time, and I'll see you there.
Good.
Okay.
See you when you get back.
Good.
Bye.

NARA Description

On April 14, 1973, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-32

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: 6:08 pm - 6:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 428-28D]

     Garden tour

     White House correspondents’ dinner
          -Schedule
               -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
               -Dwight David Eisenhower, II
               -President’s attendance
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  • 428-032 6:45 PM · 14 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-032, April 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-032 (accessed October 5, 2026).