Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-064

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Family and Valentine's Day

Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 11:13 AM–12:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation043-064 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 11:13 AMEndTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 12:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-064 ↗

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President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, coordinate family plans for an upcoming Valentine's Day dinner. They discuss the potential of dining at Trader Vic's or watching a movie at the White House with Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox. The President asks Julie to consult with her mother and confirms that the outing would serve as a celebratory meal for the holiday.

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Hello.
Daddy?
Hi.
Hi.
Well, how are you doing?
Fine, how are you?
Are you going to go out to the house or not?
Yeah, we are, uh-huh.
We sure are.
We're going to go out around 3 because the people will be there until 3.
We can't go before then.
Oh, I see.
Unless you have other plans or something.
No, honey, no, that's great.
Daddy, do you want to go out to dinner tonight, Trader Vic's or something, or eat here, or?
Are you going to go to Camp David?
No, I thought we'd...
I can't get to Camp David because I've got something I have to do here early Thursday morning.
So, well, I don't know.
You mean go out or what do you think?
Would you think that... What would everybody like?
I mean, what do you think?
Do you think we should go out there?
Would Mommy like to or not?
I think she might, or if it'd be fun for you, or stay here and see a movie or whatever you sort of feel like doing.
Let's see.
Crater fix.
How is the crater fix here?
Pretty good?
It's really good because they have a back table and all.
I mean, it's nicely lighted and
Well, I'll tell you, if Mommy would like to go, I think it would be a nice idea.
So you explore it with her.
And is Krisha around?
Yeah, and I think she'd like to go.
Right.
And if they don't, then we'll eat here.
We'll go out and say that it's kind of a Valentine's dinner.
Okay.
See, it's Valentine's coming up, and we can say that.
It's Valentine's, yeah.
And that we wanted you to come out for a Valentine's dinner.
Good.
Okay.
Fair enough?
Great.
All right.
Okay, Daddy.
Well, and everything's fine.
Everything's great.
Okay, bye.
Bye-bye.

NARA Description

On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 12:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-64
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 43-64 (cont’d)

Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:13 am and 12:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower

[See Conversation No. 854-23]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       The President’s schedule
            -Dinner
                  -Trader Vic’s
                         -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                         -Movie
                         -Tricia Nixon Cox
                         -Valentine’s Day

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Also recorded on February 13, 1973

  • 854-018 10:53 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:53 am to 10:57 am.
  • 854-019 10:59 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 11:42 am.
  • 043-063 11:13 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 12:55 pm.
  • 854-020 11:42 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:43 am.
  • 854-021 11:43 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John A. Scali, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:25 pm.
  • 043-065 11:47 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 12:55 pm.
  • 854-022 12:25 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 854-023 12:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-064, 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/043-064 (accessed October 1, 2026).