Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Donald Rumsfeld
Thursday, April 15, 1971 · 12:40 PM–12:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 27 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed adjustments to the President's daily schedule and upcoming social obligations. The conversation specifically addressed the President's farewells to departing officials Donald Rumsfeld and Robert H. Finch. Additionally, they confirmed the cancellation of a scheduled evening event at the White House honoring the King of Morocco.
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NARA Description
On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:40 pm to 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 1-96
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: 12:40 pm - 12:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 480-7]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/20/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal returnable]
[001-096-w001]
[Duration: 27s]
The President’s schedule
-Goodbyes to Donald Rumsfeld and Robert H. Finch
King of Morocco event cancellation
-Evening at the White House
*****************************************************************Also recorded on April 15, 1971
- 480-011 12:02 PM · 37 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:15 pm.
- 480-005 12:15 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:15 pm.
- 480-006 12:15 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Finch, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:40 pm.
- 480-007 12:40 PM · 33 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:41 pm.
- 480-008 12:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 12:50 pm.
- 480-009 12:41 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 12:50 pm.
- 480-010 12:41 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, John P. ("Jack") Sutherland, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 1:18 pm.
- 480-012 1:18 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 001-096, April 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-096 (accessed October 4, 2026).