Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-035

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Camp David and Personal correspondence

Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 4:00 PM–6:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation157-035 on Tape 157StartSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 4:00 PMEndSaturday, December 9, 1972 at 6:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 157-035 ↗

President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, held a brief personal exchange while at Camp David. The conversation primarily served as an informal interaction between the two family members as they coordinated their immediate plans. No substantive policy matters or official business were addressed during this short segment.

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Oh, you need to?
You go ahead.
You go ahead, and I'll be right in, honey.
You go ahead, and I'll join you, okay?

On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-035 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 157-35

Date: December 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President met with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

[See Conversation No. 235-16]

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Julie Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 6:50 pm.
  • 157-028 4:00 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-029 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-030 4:00 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-031 4:00 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-032 4:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-033 4:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 157-034 4:00 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 235-010 4:00 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm.

Conversation 157-035, December 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-035 (accessed October 10, 2026).