Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 228 › Conversation 228-007

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Thanksgiving and Camp David

Monday, November 20, 1972 · 2:26 PM–2:27 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation228-007 on Tape 228StartMonday, November 20, 1972 at 2:26 PMEndMonday, November 20, 1972 at 2:27 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 228-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, coordinate logistics for a private Thanksgiving gathering at Camp David. The discussion focuses on inviting a guest, managing travel arrangements back to the White House, and maintaining secrecy regarding the President's schedule. Nixon decides to delay final confirmation and requests a follow-up call later that evening to finalize the plans.

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Yeah.

Hi.

I wondered if you thought well about it, or whether you think it would be out of the way.

Maybe if we could invite people to go with us there.

We have sort of rounds on the party, you know, or something, parties and everything.

Sort of gives us all a little bit, tells a few jokes and so forth.

I think it's a nice one if you give him a ring and see.

See, he'd come up, be here by 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock.

Now, the way we're going to do this, so he won't have to bring any clothes or tell mommy what I'm going to do.

This is after we have dinner, Thanksgiving evening.

We will go back to the White House because I'm going to have my appointments in the White House Friday morning.

And that way I can get our clothes together and go over to Andrew's and go to the next meeting.

Yeah, we'll wait.

There's no hurry.

Call me about 6 o'clock.

NARA Description

On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 228-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 228-7

Date: November 20, 1972
Time: 2:26 pm - 2:27 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 155-19]

Also recorded on November 20, 1972

155-015 1:42 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 1:46 pm.
155-016 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
228-004 1:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
228-005 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
155-017 2:05 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
228-006 2:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
155-018 2:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 2:26 pm.
155-019 2:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.

All 33 conversations from November 20, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 228-007, November 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/228-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).