President Nixon consulted with his daughters, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, regarding the public and media reception of his recent speech at the AFL-CIO convention. Tricia provided her perspective on the television network coverage, specifically critiquing the commentary from NBC and ABC, and offered her assessment of George Meany’s partisan reaction to the President's labor policies. The call also touched upon logistical arrangements for the family’s upcoming weekend trip to Camp David.
On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-071 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 15-71
Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 10:57 am - 11:01 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Tricia Nixon Cox
Tricia Cox talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 621-28A]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/24/2019.
3m 46s segment cleared for release with two segments of 11s and 26s remaining closed as 015-
071-w001 and 015-071-w002 respectively.]
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The President's schedule
-Afternoon departure for Camp David
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Weather
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American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-Convention
-The President’s speech
-Transcript
-New York Times and Boston Herald Traveler
-George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Television coverage
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Compared to other networks
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Thomas E. Jarriel
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Chet Huntley and David Brinkley
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Public reaction
-George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Text
-Quotations in radio broadcast
George Meany
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
-Partisanship
-The President’s treatment of labor
The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull and Julie Nixon Eisenhower at an unknown time
[See Conversation No. 621-28]
[End of conferral]
The President's schedule
-Stephen B. Bull
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The President conferred with Julie Nixon Eisenhower at 11:01 am
[See Conversation No. 621-28]
[End of conferral]
[End of telephone conversation]
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