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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation415-024 on Tape 415StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 12:40 PMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 2:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 415-024 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187299 ↗

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.

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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
                                             -36-

                   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.

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript is incomplete. The transcription skipped stretches of speech — roughly 2 minutes of this recording (about 65% of it) is represented by only a few words. Listen to the audio rather than relying on the text below; a corrected transcript is queued.

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That's right.

I was looking at this property report.

I don't know if it was a house.

Thank you.

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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 415-024, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187299). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/415-024 (accessed November 15, 2026).