Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-026

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Watergate scandal and Teenage Republicans

Thursday, June 21, 1973 · 4:10 PM–4:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation041-026 on Tape 41StartThursday, June 21, 1973 at 4:10 PMEndThursday, June 21, 1973 at 4:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-026 ↗

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President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discuss recent positive media coverage of her interactions with a group of Teenage Republicans who expressed strong support for the President. They further address concerns regarding the political impact of the Watergate scandal on the 1974 elections. Additionally, the President explains the logistics behind his upcoming flight to San Clemente, clarifying that seating limitations for Soviet guests necessitated traveling separately from First Lady Pat Nixon.

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I thought you should know that everybody, Haig and Ziegler, said your thing with the students on television was just great.
And Bill Rogers mentioned it, too.
So they had all, they had all, I didn't get to see it, but apparently saw it.
I didn't even know they were going to apparently use it on the news or something.
Well, I wanted to call you last night, but I knew you'd be too busy because I told the kids that I would tell them, tell you about their experiences.
They just were so much behind you.
It was just fantastic.
These are the White House scholars?
No, these were teenage Republicans, this group.
Oh, I thought it was the White House scholars.
Teenage Republicans.
Oh, great.
And the question they asked was, will Republican candidates do well in 74?
Will Watergate affect it?
And I, you know, I said...
poll were taken now that we wouldn't do as well because not all the facts are out and there have been a lot of charges and all this.
But in any event, the point is that they are behind you 100%.
Oh, that's good.
And I want you to know it.
It was really nice.
Great, sweetie.
And I told them that we were thankful for all they'd done in the campaign.
Wonderful.
Well, I saw the signing treaty.
Oh, yeah.
How was the champagne?
Oh, we didn't drink much.
I don't like champagne.
I know.
But that was very good.
They had it live on TV.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, all these things this week are good, don't you think?
Oh, I think so, too.
Gets people thinking about something else.
Do you have to go out on separate planes tomorrow?
It's like you're putting women down, sort of.
No, it really, we can't.
If they don't have women, that's their problem, see.
And if I put Mommy on there, it's just, Gromeko doesn't have his wife, Bresnik doesn't have his wife.
You know, it's just a real thing.
I think we should do it.
We've got to do it that way.
We just don't have the room.
Yeah.
No, that's fine.
All right.
All right.
That's a great job.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-26

Date: June 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See also Conversation No. 447-34]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
           -Meeting with students
                 -Television [TV] coverage of event
                       -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers
                       -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s telephone call to President
                              -Student reaction
                              -President’s schedule
                       -Teenage Republicans
                              -Support for President
                 -Questions
                       -Watergate issue
                              -Effect on 1974 elections
                                    -Republican candidates
                                    -Developments in Watergate investigation
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                             Conversation No. 40-26 (cont’d)

                            -Support for President

       President’s schedule
             -Signing ceremony of agreement with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
                   -Champagne
                   -TV coverage
             -June 22, 1973 flight to San Clemente
                   -Female passengers
                         -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                   -Soviet guests
                         -Leonid I. Brezhnev, Andrei A. Gromyko
                   -Capacity

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Also recorded on June 21, 1973

  • 447-031 3:56 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and J. William Fulbright met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:56 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 041-025 4:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 447-032 4:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 447-033 4:08 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 447-041 4:08 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 4:08 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 447-034 4:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 041-027 4:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:18 pm.
  • 447-035 4:12 PM · 9 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 4:12 pm and 5:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-026, June 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-026 (accessed October 10, 2026).