Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 240 › Conversation 240-010

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Camp David and Personal correspondence

Saturday, January 6, 1973 · 3:44 PM–4:40 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Thelma C. (Ryan) (Pat); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation240-010 on Tape 240StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 3:44 PMEndSunday, January 7, 1973 at 4:40 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 240-010 ↗

Pat Nixon and her daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, held a private discussion while staying at the Aspen Lodge at Camp David. The conversation, which occurred during a weekend retreat, was entirely personal in nature. No substantive policy matters or official developments were recorded, as the contents of the dialogue remain restricted from the public record.

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Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 240-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 240-10

Date: January 6 or 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:44 pm, January 6 and 4:40 pm, January 7, 1973
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

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

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Mrs. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm, January 7,
1973.
  • 160-014 2:59 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 160-015 3:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:39 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 240-006 3:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:39 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 240-007 3:44 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973.
  • 240-009 3:44 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973.
  • 240-011 3:44 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973.
  • 240-012 3:44 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973.
  • 240-013 3:44 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 3:44 pm on January 6, 1973 and 4:40 pm on January 7, 1973.

Conversation 240-010, 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/240-010 (accessed October 11, 2026).