Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 214 › Conversation 214-031

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family and Camp David

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 8:30 PM–8:36 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation214-031 on Tape 214StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 8:30 PMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 8:36 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 214-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, at the Aspen Lodge during a weekend at Camp David. The conversation functioned as a private, informal check-in between family members rather than a formal policy briefing. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the brevity of the meeting, no specific executive decisions or significant political developments were recorded.

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NARA Description

On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:30 pm to 8:36 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 214-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 214-31

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: 8:30 pm - 8:36 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 145-19; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 145-018 8:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:30 pm.
  • 214-029 8:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:30 pm.
  • 214-030 8:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:30 pm.
  • 145-019 8:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:30 pm to 8:36 pm.
  • 145-020 8:36 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 214-032 8:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:39 pm.
  • 145-021 8:39 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:39 pm to 8:43 pm.
  • 214-033 8:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:39 pm to 8:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 214-031, 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/214-031 (accessed October 12, 2026).