Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 240 › Conversation 240-013

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Camp David and Family affairs

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

ParticipantsNixon, Thelma C. (Ryan) (Pat); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation240-013 on Tape 240StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 3:44 PMEndSunday, January 7, 1973 at 4:40 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 240-013 ↗

AI Summary

Pat Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower engaged in a private discussion while staying at the Aspen Lodge at Camp David. The nature of the conversation remains classified as personal and was sequestered under a deed of gift, leaving no public record of the specific topics addressed. Consequently, there are no documented developments or actionable outcomes associated with this recording.

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NARA Description

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 240-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 240-13

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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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                           Conversation No. 240-13 (cont’d)

Mrs. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm, January 7,
1973.

Also recorded on January 6, 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.
240-010 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.
240-011 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 240-013, 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/240-013 (accessed October 15, 2026).