Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-166

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 1:12 PM–2:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-166 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 1:12 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:22 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-166 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served as a logistical request to connect the President with a family member. No policy matters or official business were discussed during this brief communication.

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Could you get me Julie, please?
Sure.

NARA Description

On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 2:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-166 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-166

Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:12 pm and 2:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 411-12]

       Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on February 22, 1973

  • 861-017 12:42 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:44 pm.
  • 861-018 12:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 861-019 12:46 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 1:08 pm.
  • 861-020 1:08 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 411-010 1:12 PM · 16 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 1:12 pm and 1:22 pm.
  • 861-022 1:12 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 411-012 1:15 PM · 10 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 1:15 pm and 2:22 pm.
  • 411-011 1:22 PM · 23 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 1:22 pm and 2:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-166, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-166 (accessed October 1, 2026).