President Nixon held a wide-ranging, informal discussion with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower regarding the public and political reception of his recent foreign policy initiatives. The conversation covered domestic reactions to his April 7 Vietnam address, including polling data and editorial commentary, as well as the administration's efforts toward outreach with the People's Republic of China. Additionally, the participants engaged in a lighthearted dialogue concerning professional baseball, specifically discussing Carl Yastrzemski’s career and the President’s receipt of an MVP award.
On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:45 pm to 7:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-085 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 1-85
Date: April 14, 1971
Time: 7:45 pm - 7:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower.
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The President’s Vietnam speech, April 7, 1971
-James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. editorial in Virginia Beach Star Ledger
-[First Name Unknown] Thomas
-Reaction
-Comparison to Inaugural address
-Political expediency
-Polls
-David Eisenhower
-Approval
-Disapproval
-War
-Laos
Carl L. Yastrzemski
-MVP Award given to the President
-Back
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Batting average
The President talked with David Eisenhower at an unknown time between 7:45 and 7:54 P.M.
The President’s conversation with Carl L. Yastrzemski
-Former meeting with David Eisenhower
-All Stars game
-Anti-drug speeches at high school
-Back
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
Carl L. Yastrzemski
-Baseball skills
-Potential batting average
-Salary
-David Eisenhower’s opinion
-Comparison to Alex Johnson
-Home run hits
-Family
-Support for the President
-Washington Post coverage
-MVP Award given to the President
-Denny D. Mclain
-Boston Red Sox
-Washington Senators
Baseball
-Boston Red Sox
-Washington Senators
-Denny D. Mclain
-Dick Bosman
Carl L. Yastrzemski
-The President’s opinion
The President’s Vietnam speech, April 7, 1971
-Polls
-Approval
-Opinion of Vietnam War
The President’s People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Press reaction
-Ping Pong team
-American reaction
-Communism
-Chinese isolationism
-Taiwan
-United Nations
-Russian opinion
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