Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-119

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House logistics

Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation038-119 on Tape 38StartThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:10 PMEndThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-119 ↗

AI Summary

A White House operator informs President Nixon that his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, is currently en route back to the White House. The brief exchange serves as a logistical update regarding the President's family. No further policy or administrative developments are discussed during this communication.

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Mr. President, Julie's on her way back to the White House.
Bye.

NARA Description

On April 19, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-119 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-119
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 429-17]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s location
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 19, 1973

  • 429-016 5:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 429-028 5:01 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 038-117 5:03 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:03 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 038-118 5:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 429-017 5:10 PM · 16 sec — unknown person(s) and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm.
  • 429-018 5:15 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-120 5:43 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-121 5:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-119, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-119 (accessed October 5, 2026).