Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 711 › Conversation 711-019
Nixon & Eisenhower on First Family and White House photography
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 3:02 PM–3:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower coordinated the logistics and timing for an upcoming photo session involving the First Family. The conversation centered on reconciling the President's immediate schedule, including a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz, with the arrangements for the photography session on the White House lawn. Ultimately, the discussion served to ensure the photo event could proceed without disrupting the President’s pending official appointments.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 711-19
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: 3:02 pm - 3:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[711-019-w001]
[Duration: 28s]
Photograph of First Family
-The President’s opinion [?]
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The President's schedule
-Photograph session
-Location
-Delay
-Meeting with Earl L. Butz
-Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
-Arrangements
-Timing
Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at 3:03 pm.Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 711-015 1:48 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:48 pm to 1:50 pm.
- 711-016 1:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 711-017 1:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 023-021 2:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 711-018 2:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:45 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 711-020 3:03 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:09 pm.
- 711-021 3:09 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Earl L. Butz, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:09 pm to 3:37 pm.
- 712-001 3:56 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 4:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 711-019, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/711-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).