Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 359 › Conversation 359-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Family communication

Saturday, September 16, 1972 · 1:15 PM–1:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation359-017 onTape 359StartSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 1:15 PMEndSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 1:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 359-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served to manage the President's personal schedule and coordinate the logistics of the requested family communication. No other policy matters or administrative developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On September 16, 1972, 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 1:15 pm and 1:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 359-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 359-17

                                          (rev. Oct-06)

Date: September 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 1:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

             Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                  -Schedule
                  -Request for a call to the President

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  • 359-016 1:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 359-018 1:15 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:32 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 359-017, September 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/359-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).