Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-057

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Texas and Watergate hearings

Tuesday, July 10, 1973 · 9:22 PM–9:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation041-057 on Tape 41StartTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 9:22 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 9:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-057 ↗

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President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discussed her recent successful trip to Texas, where she received a positive reception from local Republicans and noted that the public responded enthusiastically to her introduction as the daughter of a peacemaker. The pair also briefly touched upon the President's upcoming schedule and the political fallout of the Watergate hearings. They specifically noted positive feedback regarding John Mitchell’s recent television testimony, which was perceived as effectively challenging the accounts of John Dean and Jeb Magruder.

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Oh.
Daddy?
You must be very tired, but Ron Ziegler said that the reports out of Texas were just excellent.
Oh, Daddy, listen, I want to tell you what happened.
And I saw the big card when I got in.
That's the nicest thing.
Wasn't that nice?
But listen, let me tell you about that reception.
That was completely the Dallas Republicans' idea, and they didn't advertise it.
No press was there.
It was all word of mouth, and there were over 300 people at 4.30 in the afternoon for a reception.
They were sort of their top people.
And then I wanted to tell you that in Denison there was a crowd of about 1,000.
And what really pleased me and what I thought was very, very encouraging was that there was one very noticeable large applause of the whole event.
And that came when, in the process of introducing me, they introduced me as the daughter of the man who could be called the peacemaker who brought peace to the United States.
You, Richard Nixon.
And that was the biggest applause of the whole thing.
More than for President Eisenhower or anything I said.
So I thought that was good.
It was an overwhelmingly friendly crowd.
You've got to work again tomorrow, I understand.
What are you going to do tomorrow?
You know, I have the Farm Broadcasters of America and the Apache Indians giving you some award.
That's all it is tomorrow.
But listen, I wanted to suggest that you can...
Did it rain on your trip on the start?
Oh, uh, not, uh, no, not at the first part.
And then we were eating at the time it rained, and everything just worked out fine.
You did really good.
Yeah, and, uh, fine, and, uh, well, now you get a little good rest now.
You've been working awful hard, sweetie.
No, I haven't.
Fine, fine.
I was just so thrilled with that, those pieces, Dallas, and...
Right, right.
Incidentally, uh, several people said John Mitchell was very good on television.
That's what David said.
And do you know Mark Evans of Metromedia?
Yes, sir.
We saw him today.
He thought Mitchell was excellent.
Yes, well, everybody said he... Well, that's good.
He cut up Dean and Magruder and all the rest.
Yeah, good.
That's good, sweetie.
Good.
You get a good night's sleep.
Okay.
Bye.
Thanks for calling.
Bye.

NARA Description

On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:22 pm to 9:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-57

Date: July 10, 1973
Time: 9:22 pm - 9:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
           -Trip to Texas
                 -Ronald L. Ziegler’s report
                       -Greeting card
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                             Conversation No. 41-57 (cont’d)

                   -Reception
                          -Dallas Republicans
                                -Guest
                   -Denison, Texas
                          -Introduction
                                -President as peacemaker
              -Schedule, July 11, 1973
                   -Award ceremonies
                          -Farm Broadcasters of America
                          -Apache Indians

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Duration: 15 s ]

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       President’s schedule
             -Trip [to Kansas City, Missouri
                   -Weather

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
             -Rest
             -Dallas reception

       Watergate hearings before Senate Select Committee
            -John N. Mitchell’s testimony
                  -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s assessment
                  -Mark Evans
                        -Metromedia
                        -Assessment
                  -John W. Dean, III, Jeb Stuart Magruder

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-057, July 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-057 (accessed October 10, 2026).