Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 38 › Conversation 038-102
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Wednesday, April 18, 1973 · 2:56 PM–2:57 PM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief exchange served solely to facilitate this communication. No policy matters or administrative actions were discussed during the connection.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 2:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-102
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:56 pm and 2:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Telephone call to Julie Nixon EisenhowerAlso recorded on April 18, 1973
- 038-101 2:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 900-024 2:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 038-103 2:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 900-025 2:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 900-026 3:05 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 900-027 3:23 PM · 12 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:23 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 900-028 3:23 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Roy L. Ash, and Herbert Stein met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:20 pm.
- 901-001 3:23 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John D. Ehrlichman, Roy L. Ash, Herbert Stein, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-102, April 18, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-102 (accessed September 18, 2026).