Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-089
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Watergate and personal affairs
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 1:30 PM–1:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, for a brief personal check-in during a period of intense political pressure surrounding the Watergate scandal. The conversation served primarily as a moment of familial support, allowing the President to connect with his daughter amidst his mounting administrative challenges. No policy decisions or substantive business matters were addressed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-089 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-89
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 1:30 pm - 1:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
[See also Conversation No. 433-21]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on May 1, 1973
- 433-019 1:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 1:26 pm.
- 433-088 1:26 PM · 8 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 1:26 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 045-088 1:28 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
- 433-020 1:28 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
- 045-090 1:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 433-021 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
- 433-022 1:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 433-023 1:31 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 1:31 pm and 2:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-089, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-089 (accessed October 5, 2026).