President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon. The interaction served solely as a procedural request to connect the President with his wife. No substantive political or policy discussions took place during this brief exchange.
On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 6-102 Date: July 2, 1971 Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 260-20] Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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