Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 146 › Conversation 146-002
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal communication
Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 7:19 PM–7:23 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, held a brief personal telephone conversation while the President was at Camp David. As the entirety of the recorded dialogue is classified as a personal returnable item, no substantive policy or political matters are documented. The exchange serves as a brief record of private family communication during the 1972 campaign season.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:19 pm to 7:23 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 146-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 146-2 Date: October 3, 1972 Time: 7:19 pm - 7:23 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 215-3; one item has been withdrawn] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 38s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on October 3, 1972
- 791-012 4:16 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:24 pm.
- 791-013 4:24 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert P. Griffin, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:24 pm to 4:25 pm.
- 791-014 4:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:26 pm to 4:28 pm.
- 791-015 4:30 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:30 pm on October 3, 1972 and 11:05 am on October 5, 1972.
- 146-001 6:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 215-001 6:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 215-002 6:00 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 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 215-003 7:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:19 pm to 7:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 146-002, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/146-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).