Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 382 › Conversation 382-019

Nixon & Eisenhower on Commemorative monuments and Family relations

Sunday, December 17, 1972 · 3:13 PM–3:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 40 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation382-019 on Tape 382StartSunday, December 17, 1972 at 3:13 PMEndSunday, December 17, 1972 at 3:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 382-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, to discuss the selection of a commemorative monument or passage. The brief exchange focused on identifying an appropriate memorial or inscription, though the conversation remains fragmented due to withdrawn material. No specific decisions regarding the final choice were recorded during this brief encounter.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Hello, Julie.
I was wondering if, uh, if you, uh, if there's a monument or a typical passage or something like that.
Or a small one.
I mean, I was just wondering if there's, uh, if there's a monument or a small one.

NARA Description

On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 382-19

Date: December 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 34-117; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on December 17, 1972

  • 034-116 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 382-018 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 034-117 3:13 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 034-118 3:23 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:24 pm.
  • 034-119 3:24 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 034-120 3:25 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lt. Col. William L. Golden talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 034-121 3:27 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:27 pm.
  • 034-122 3:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 3:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 382-019, December 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/382-019 (accessed September 28, 2026).