Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-061

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on POW outreach

Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 8:54 AM–9:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-061 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 8:54 AMEndTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 9:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-061 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Mrs. James Mulligan, the wife of a recently returned Navy captain. Nixon requested that the operator obtain the necessary contact information for Mrs. Mulligan through the National Security Agency. This call was initiated as part of the President's outreach efforts regarding returning prisoners of war.

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I'd like to talk now to Mrs. James Mulligan.
She's the wife of the captain of the Navy who came back yesterday.
All right.
And you can get the name from the NSA, I think, the address.
Thank you.
All right.

NARA Description

On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-61

Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:54 am and 9:34 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 854-13]

       Request for a call to Mrs. James Mulligan

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  • 854-005 8:37 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 8:47 am.
  • 043-060 8:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Claudia A. Johnson talked on the telephone from 8:47 am to 8:54 am.
  • 854-006 8:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Claudia A. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:47 am to 8:54 am.
  • 854-007 8:54 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:54 am and 9:00 am.
  • 854-008 9:00 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 9:15 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-061, February 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-061 (accessed October 1, 2026).