Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-076

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on POW return and Media coverage

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 12:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation043-076 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 12:37 PMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-076 ↗

President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, coordinate their evening dinner plans and discuss the President's inability to travel to Florida to visit Bebe Rebozo. The conversation includes a recommendation from the President for Julie to view a specific photograph in the Washington Star depicting the return of the first prisoners of war. Julie agrees to review the media coverage and confirms her attendance for dinner at the White House.

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Hello.
Julie.
Daddy?
Hi.
Hi.
I gotta tell you, I couldn't...
I think B.B.
may have told you I can't go to Florida today, so...
Right, he told me.
Good.
Well, fine.
And we'll see you all then at, uh, and I've got some, uh, at about, uh, be sure to look at the, uh, star, incidentally, uh, the picture, uh, on the front page of the star, the afternoon star, hasn't come yet.
I'll have one sent over now.
And, uh,
It shows the first POW coming home to San Diego, and the wife is wearing the corsage.
Oh, good.
Oh, I want to see that.
I'll send it.
Where are you now?
I'm in the West Hall.
In the West Hall.
Fine.
Mothers won't want to see it, too.
I'll send it right over.
Fine.
And you come over for dinner?
Be there.
Yeah, I'll be there at 6 o'clock.
Great.
Fine.
We can eat about 6, 15, 625.
Then you can get back early.
Okay.
Okay.

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 12:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-076 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 43-76

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: 12:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 855-21]

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

       The President’s schedule
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

            -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
            -Florida

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/24/2019.
Segment will remain closed.]
[Personal Returnable]
[043-076-w001]
[Duration: 30s]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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      Prisoners of War [POWs] return from captivity
            -Washington Star
            -Media coverage
            -POW’s wife’s corsage
            -Julie’s location

      The President’s schedule
  • 855-019 12:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thomas Hart met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:36 pm.
  • 043-075 12:36 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:36 pm.
  • 855-020 12:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 855-025 12:36 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 043-077 12:37 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 043-217 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:37 pm.
  • 855-021 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
  • 855-022 12:38 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 1:46 pm.

Conversation 043-076, 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/043-076 (accessed October 1, 2026).