Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-003
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Camp David and Personal Records
Tuesday, August 15, 1972 · 9:30 PM–9:35 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, engaged in a brief telephone conversation while the President was at Camp David. Because the content of this discussion was classified as a personal record and subsequently withdrawn, no substantive policy or political details are available for review. The call serves as an example of the personal communication captured by the White House taping system during the President's tenure.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On August 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:30 pm to 9:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 140-3 Date: August 15, 1972 Time: 9:30 pm - 9:35 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 202-13] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 57s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on August 16, 1972
- 176-001 8:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:17 pm to 8:25 pm.
- 176-002 8:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm.
- 202-010 8:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm.
- 176-003 8:41 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
- 202-011 8:41 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
- 140-002 8:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm.
- 202-012 8:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm.
- 202-013 9:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:30 pm to 9:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 140-003, August 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-003 (accessed October 21, 2026).