Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 211 › Conversation 211-011

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Camp David and Personal conversation

Saturday, September 16, 1972 · 7:00 PM–10:25 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min

ParticipantsEisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation211-011 on Tape 211StartSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 7:00 PMEndSunday, September 17, 1972 at 10:25 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 211-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 648453174 ↗

AI Summary

Julie Nixon Eisenhower and First Lady Pat Nixon met privately in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David to discuss personal matters. The discussion was strictly private, as indicated by the withdrawal of the recording’s content for personal reasons. No administrative, political, or policy-related developments were recorded during this informal engagement.

Audio

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This clip of the conversation was cut from the tape by the National Archives (catalog record ↗).

NARA Description

Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 7:00 pm on September 16, 1972 and 10:25 am on September 17, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 211-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 211-11

Date: Unknown between September 16 and 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:00 pm, September 16 and 10:25 am, September 17, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

Julie Nixon Eisenhower met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 56s     ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Mrs. Nixon left at an unknown time before 10:25 am, September
17, 1972.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech, consisting entirely of a withdrawn item tone/silence. Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.

Also recorded on September 16, 1972

  • 211-001 2:31 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 211-002 2:31 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 143-001 6:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
  • 143-002 6:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 211-007 6:36 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:36 pm to 6:37 pm.
  • 211-008 6:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 211-009 6:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 211-010 6:37 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 7:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 211-011, September 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648453174). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/211-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).