Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-038

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 5:30 PM–8:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-038 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 5:30 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 8:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-038 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. He specified that the operator should attempt to reach her only at her home. This brief exchange served solely to facilitate a private family communication.

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Please.
Just try Julie, please.
If she's out.
Yes.
Don't get her there.
Okay.
At home, okay.
Fine, thank you.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 8:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-38

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:30 pm and 8:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 444-23]

     Request for telephone call
          -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

  • 040-036 4:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:27 pm.
  • 938-006 4:52 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 5:27 pm.
  • 040-037 5:27 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • 444-023 5:30 PM · 11 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 5:30 pm and 8:19 pm.
  • 938-011 5:38 PM · 9 sec — Rose Mary Woods and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 938-013 5:38 PM · 32 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 938-012 5:56 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 938-014 6:00 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-038, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-038 (accessed October 9, 2026).