Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 235 › Conversation 235-024
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal life and Social events
Saturday, December 9, 1972 · 7:48 PM–7:55 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, met informally at Camp David to discuss the quality of an event or performance they had recently attended. Their brief exchange focused on personal reactions to the experience and a preference for hosting future events in a major metropolitan setting. No significant policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief social encounter.
- Personal life
- Social events
- Camp David
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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NARA Description
On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:48 pm and 7:55 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 235-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 235-24
Date: December 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:48 pm and 7:55 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 235-24(cont’d)
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
The President’s schedule
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 7:55 pm.Also recorded on December 10, 1972
- 157-042 7:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:46 pm to 7:48 pm.
- 235-023 7:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:46 pm to 7:48 pm.
- 236-001 7:30 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Helene (Colesie) Drown met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:30 am.
- 236-002 7:30 AM · 34 sec — William Hirsch and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 8:30 am.
- 236-003 7:30 AM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Helene (Colesie) Drown met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 12:00 pm.
- 034-027 9:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
- 384-001 9:50 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
- 384-002 9:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 235-024, December 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/235-024 (accessed October 10, 2026).