Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-007

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on 1972 election and Camp David

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 10:02 AM–10:04 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Mamie G.Conversation153-007 on Tape 153StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 10:02 AMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 10:04 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-007 ↗

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President Nixon and Mamie Eisenhower shared a brief, informal telephone conversation in which Eisenhower offered birthday wishes and congratulations on the President’s landslide 1972 election victory. Nixon discussed his transition work at Camp David, specifically noting the heavy burden of preparing federal budgets and new appointments. The two also coordinated plans for an upcoming theater outing involving Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Pat Nixon.

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Hello.

Mr. President, Mrs. Eisenhower's on.

Hello.

I just called to wish you happy birthday.

Why?

Are you at the farm or in Washington?

I'm in the farm, but I'm going to Washington today.

Juliet told me that you didn't feel too well and you might not go.

Well, honey, I'm really sick as a dog on Saturday.

You are?

Oh, well.

You're just recovering from the election.

Hey, don't think that doesn't play a big part.

I said to Julie, tell your father I'm glad to say I can play...

Hello, Mr. President, again for another four years.

Right.

I'm at Camp David.

I'm working Sunday, getting a lot... Oh, you're not down at Biscayne, then?

What's that?

You came back from Biscayne.

Oh, yeah, I came back.

We came back Sunday night, and I've been here working on the...

You know, getting all the new, the budget and everything, the new appointments ready.

It's got to work for two or three weeks, the hardest work of the time.

Well, you've got, my money's on you.

You know, they always, the time right after the election, just when you're ready to take time off, you've got to go to work again.

Yeah, but I've got...

But I'll have time off at Christmas.

I tell you, I've got great faith in you.

Well, wasn't it good that, I think you, I thought you would have been pleased that we finally got Pennsylvania?

And by a million votes, too.

Yes, by a million votes.

We were able to get five times Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, Dick, it was a terrific victory for you.

Well, we appreciate what everybody did.

And you're going to see Julie and Pat today, are you?

Tomorrow, I think.

Oh, tomorrow.

Yeah.

And I hope that we're all going to go see them this weekend.

Oh, I know.

That's right.

They're going to the theater with you, right.

I think the starting lady should be interesting, too.

Absolutely.

I want to see her.

Julie said, yeah, we'd go.

Sure.

Yeah, she told me.

I hope that Pat will join us.

She'll be there, I'm sure.

Well, it's good to talk to you, and you don't get too worn out.

I'm going to try not to.

Right.

Your son's going to take me to dinner tonight.

Yeah, oh, good.

Good.

All right.

Yeah, well, order the most expensive thing.

I'm going to get my sweet bread.

That's right.

Okay.

Okay, bye.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-7

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 10:02am - 10:04 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Mamie G. D. Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 224-14]

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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 153-7 (cont’d)

[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

      Mamie Eisenhower
          -Birthday
          -Location
                 -Washington, DC
          -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
          -Health

      1972 election
           -The President’s victory
           -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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      The President's Schedule
           -Camp David
                 -Key Biscayne
           -Budget
           -Appointments
           -1972 election
           -Christmas

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

      1972 Election
           -Pennsylvania
                 -Margin
                 -Philadelphia
                 -Pittsburgh
           -The President’s victory

      Mamie Eisenhower’s schedule
                                             -10-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 153-7 (cont’d)

            -Meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                 -Theater
                       -Mary Todd Lincoln
                             -[The Last of Mrs. Lincoln]
            -Dinner
                 -John S. D. Eisenhower

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Also recorded on November 14, 1972

153-006 9:54 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:54 am.
224-012 9:54 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:54 am.
224-013 9:54 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:02 am.
224-014 10:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am.
153-008 10:04 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
183-001 10:04 AM · 49 sec — John D. Ehrlichman, Camp David operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
183-002 10:04 AM · 1 min — John D. Ehrlichman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
224-015 10:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Camp David operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:04 am to 12:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-007, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).