Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-039
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Public Opinion and Family
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 8:19 PM–8:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, held a brief personal conversation to discuss recent positive public support for the administration. Julie shared encouraging feedback from a television appearance in Dayton, Ohio, noting an audience's strong support and a grassroots donation sent to the President. Additionally, the two confirmed the President's recent boat outing with Alexander Haig and coordinated their upcoming plans to see each other.
- Public Opinion
- Family
- Grassroots support
- Alexander Haig
- Dayton Ohio
Audio
NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-39
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 8:19 pm - 8:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See also Conversation No. 444-24A]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Location
-Phoenixville, PA.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-Schedule
-Speaking engagement
-Response
President’s schedule
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s conversation with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Sequoia
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Weather
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/12/2019.
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Audience at Julie’s program
-Support for President
-Mrs. Nixon
-Dayton, Ohio
-Unidentified woman
-Donation to President
-Republican club
Tricia Nixon Cox
-Anniversary
-Call from President
Visit with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Also recorded on June 12, 1973
- 444-024 8:17 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:17 pm and 9:30 pm.
- 040-040 8:21 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:21 pm and 9:28 pm.
- 040-041 9:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:28 pm to 9:30 pm.
- 040-042 9:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 444-025 9:30 PM · 8 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 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 040-043 9:37 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 444-026 9:37 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 040-044 9:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm.
Related conversations
- Nixon & Cox on Family and Alexander Haig April 19, 1972 · 2 min
- Nixon phone call with Haig on Watergate and Presidential address May 1, 1973 · 1 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-039, 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/040-039 (accessed November 2, 2026).