Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-103
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Key Biscayne and Camp David
Wednesday, April 18, 1973 · 2:57 PM–2:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, coordinate travel plans and discuss their upcoming personal schedules. Nixon outlines his intent to travel to Key Biscayne on Friday afternoon and mentions a potential trip to Camp David to focus on drafting an economic message. He also encourages Julie to spend time with her mother, Pat Nixon, despite the First Lady's busy agenda.
- Key Biscayne
- Camp David
- Economic policy
- Pat Nixon
- Family scheduling
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 2:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-103 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-103
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 2:57 pm - 2:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See also Conversation No. 900-24A]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s schedule
-Trip to Key Biscayne
-Dinner
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Trip to Camp David
-Economic Message
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 38-103 (cont’d)
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Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s Schedule
President’s schedule
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*****************************************************************Also 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.
- 038-102 2:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 2:57 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.
- 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 038-103, 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/038-103 (accessed October 5, 2026).