Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 440 › Conversation 440-044
Nixon & Woods on Public relations and Foreign policy secrecy
Thursday, May 24, 1973 · 4:52 PM–5:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the President's recent interaction with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, regarding her upcoming television appearance. The conversation touches on public relations strategies for the administration, emphasizing the need for maintaining secrecy in foreign policy and securing public support for the President’s agenda. Additionally, they reflect on the favorable public reception of a recent event honoring returning prisoners of war.
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- Public relations
- Foreign policy secrecy
- Prisoners of war
- White House media strategy
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NARA Description
On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 440-44
Date: May 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Appearance on television [TV]
-Morning Show
-President’s discussion with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
President’s schedule
-Prisoners of war [POW] reception
-Length
-Cheers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 440-44 (cont’d)
Public relations [PR]
-National security
-Secret documents
-Newspapers
-Importance of secrecy for foreign policy
-POWs in Vietnam
-Public support for PresidentAlso recorded on May 24, 1973
- 039-007 4:52 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 4:52 pm.
- 039-008 4:52 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 440-043 4:52 PM · 19 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:52 pm.
- 440-045 4:52 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 440-046 4:52 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 039-009 5:05 PM · 2 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 440-047 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 039-010 5:09 PM · 33 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:09 pm to 5:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 440-044, May 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-044 (accessed October 12, 2026).