Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-217

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 12:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-217 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 12:37 PMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-217 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This brief exchange serves as a standard administrative facilitation to establish a private personal communication. No policy matters or substantive political topics were discussed during this brief request.

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Julie, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-217 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-217

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

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 855-25]

       Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on February 14, 1973

  • 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.
  • 043-076 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-217, 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/043-217 (accessed October 1, 2026).