Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 415 › Conversation 415-024
Nixon alone in his EOB office on David Eisenhower and Public opinion
Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 12:40 PM–2:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum for the file concerning his recent interactions and observations. He reflected on a meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower, II, which covered topics ranging from family correspondence and photographs to the public perception of his presidential policies. The discussion also touched upon the reaction to his administration's policies among David Eisenhower’s naval peers and the broader concept of the presidency as a national symbol.
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- David Eisenhower
- Public opinion
- Presidential image
- Family correspondence
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NARA Description
On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 415-24
Date: February 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
[This is a continuation of Conversation 415-16]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Middle East conflict [?]
-Report
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-President’s reading
President’s meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Newspapers, letters, photographs
-Public opinion of President’s policy
-Reaction on David Eisenhower’s ship [?]
-President as national symbol
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The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.Also recorded on February 27, 1973
- 043-208 12:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 415-019 12:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 043-209 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 415-021 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:35 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 415-022 12:40 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 415-023 12:40 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 415-025 12:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 415-026 12:40 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 415-024, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/415-024 (accessed October 1, 2026).