Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 712 › Conversation 712-008
Nixon & Eisenhower on Family and Personal correspondence
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 5:33 PM–5:34 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, in the Oval Office. The discussion served as a personal engagement between the two, though the specific substance remains restricted due to the withdrawal of material from the official record. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were documented during this short interaction.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 712-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 712-8 Date: April 18, 1972 Time: 5:33 pm - 5:34 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. [See Conversation No. 23-25; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 023-022 4:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 023-023 5:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 712-005 5:01 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:03 pm.
- 712-006 5:01 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Clark MacGregor, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 023-024 5:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 712-007 5:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 023-025 5:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
- 712-009 5:35 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 712-008, 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/712-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).