Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-073

Nixon phone call with Rebozo on Key Biscayne and travel planning

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 9:20 AM–9:21 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")Conversation043-073 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 9:20 AMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 9:21 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-073 ↗

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President Nixon and his close associate Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo coordinated potential travel plans for the President to visit Key Biscayne, Florida, over the upcoming weekend. The discussion focused primarily on monitoring local weather forecasts to determine the feasibility of the trip. Nixon decided to delay his final decision until Friday morning, at which point he planned to confirm his travel status with Rebozo and his daughter, Julie Eisenhower.

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Hello.
Hello.
Hello, Mr. President.
I wanted to tell you, you wouldn't check it.
I find that I've got to be here tomorrow for an appointment, so I wouldn't be able to go today anyway.
Uh-huh.
So, uh, perhaps later, I mean, by this afternoon.
may get some weather.
And they're going, a weather report for the weekend.
I don't know whether I might be able to come down Friday, maybe.
You have any further deals this weekend?
Yes, I talked to them just a minute ago, and they expect the weak front possibly to come through Thursday, and then they think that Friday and Saturday, they say partly cloudy and warming, but
They project nights at 50 low and daytime of 70.
Sort of fairly cool, though, isn't it?
It's fairly cool, yes.
Yeah.
Fairly cool.
The whole weekend, huh?
Well, they say that, you know, they hedge their bets, of course.
Of course.
It could be warmer.
This is a low-pressure area that is moving.
Northeast, it could get out of the area altogether by Friday.
Right.
So it would be plus or minus.
And we might know by Friday.
You will definitely know.
I don't have to make a decision because I'll have to be here Thursday.
Yeah, you'll definitely know Friday morning.
I'll give you, when you're down there, and I'll give you a call Friday.
Now, you'll, if you'll tell Julie so that she'll know.
Okay.
And I'll be over, I'll come over and we'll have dinner there and then you all can go back today, huh?
Okay, as well.
Okay, bye.

NARA Description

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:20 am to 9:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-73

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: 9:20 am - 9:21 am
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 43-73 (cont’d)

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

[See Conversation No. 855-4]

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

       The President’s schedule
            -Appointments
            -Weekend weather forecast
            -Key Biscayne, Florida

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Also recorded on February 14, 1973

  • 043-072 8:49 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 9:20 am.
  • 855-001 8:49 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:49 am to 8:57 am.
  • 855-002 8:57 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:20 am.
  • 855-003 8:57 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:20 am.
  • 855-005 9:12 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 10:04 am.
  • 855-006 9:12 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 10:04 am.
  • 855-004 9:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:20 am to 9:21 am.
  • 043-074 9:21 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 12:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-073, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-073 (accessed October 1, 2026).