Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 4:09 PM–6:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-024 on Tape 43StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 4:09 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 6:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate this personal communication. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were discussed during the exchange.

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you for me, please.

NARA Description

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 6:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-24

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:09 pm and 6:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on February 5, 1973

  • 408-003 2:58 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 408-004 4:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 043-023 4:08 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 408-005 4:08 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 408-006 4:09 PM · 10 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 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 408-007 4:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm.
  • 043-025 4:52 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:15 pm.
  • 849-001 4:52 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-024, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-024 (accessed October 1, 2026).