Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 240 › Conversation 240-001

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Personal conversation and Family

Saturday, January 6, 1973 · 9:26 AM–2:54 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation240-001 on Tape 240StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 9:26 AMEndSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 240-001 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, at the Aspen Lodge at Camp David. The conversation was personal in nature, consisting of a short segment that has been identified as a returnable personal item. Due to the withdrawal of this material, no substantive policy or political developments were recorded.

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On January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 240-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 240-1

Date: January 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

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                                                                             Conversation No. 240-1 (cont’d)

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Julie Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 2:50 pm.
  • 240-008 9:26 AM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-009 9:27 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am.
  • 160-010 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am.
  • 160-011 9:27 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:27 am to 9:28 am.
  • 160-012 2:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 240-002 2:50 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 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-013 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 240-003 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.

Conversation 240-001, January 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/240-001 (accessed October 11, 2026).