Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 712 › Conversation 712-008
Nixon & Eisenhower on Family
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 5:33 PM–5:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
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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Position in tape: 01:39:22 – 01:41:39
1:39:20
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 [See Conversation No. 23-25; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower is withdrawn/redacted after 0:05.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
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 · 24 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 · 18 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 · 58 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.
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- Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family June 13, 1971 · 1 min
- Nixon phone call with Mulcahy on Wedding and White House social relations July 3, 1971 · 2 min
- Nixon & Eisenhower on Family dynamics May 26, 1971 · 1 min
- Nixon & Cox May 24, 1973 · 1 min
- Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family and White House domestic life May 13, 1971 · 7 min
- Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Julie Nixon Eisenhower August 15, 1971 · 1 min
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 November 15, 2026).