Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-072
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House family life
Monday, June 14, 1971 · 7:37 PM–7:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation. The discussion was personal in nature, as indicated by its status as a withdrawn personal item. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were recorded or disclosed from this exchange.
- Pat Nixon
- Personal communication
- White House family life
Audio
NARA Description
On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-072 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-72 Date: June 14, 1971 Time: 7:37 pm - 7:41 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 258-12] ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech; only tone, silence, or noise throughout.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
Also recorded on June 14, 1971
- 005-071 7:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 258-012 7:37 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm.
- 005-073 7:41 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 005-074 7:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 258-013 7:41 PM · 5 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 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 258-014 7:41 PM · 3 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 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 005-075 7:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.
- 258-015 7:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-072, June 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 644217939). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-072 (accessed November 8, 2026).