Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-004
Nixon phone call with Thurmond on Public relations and First Lady
Sunday, December 5, 1971 · 7:50 PM–7:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon called Senator Strom Thurmond to extend birthday greetings and invite the Senator and his wife, Nancy, to visit the Oval Office. During the call, they arranged a photo opportunity to include the First Lady, Pat Nixon, at the White House. The participants agreed to schedule the visit and the photograph for the following Tuesday at noon.
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NARA Description
On December 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Strom Thurmond talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 16-4
Date: December 5, 1971
Time: 7:50 pm - 7:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Strom Thurmond.
Birthday greetings to Thurmond
-Nancy Thurmond
-Possible visit to the President
-Possible picture of Thurmond with the President
-Schedule
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Harriet McCormack Funeral
-John W. McCormack
-Date
-Mrs. NixonTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on December 5, 1971
- 016-002 7:31 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 7:31 pm to 7:39 pm.
- 016-003 7:39 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:39 pm and 7:50 pm.
- 016-005 7:52 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:52 pm and 7:56 pm.
- 016-006 7:56 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 8:03 pm.
- 016-007 8:03 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm.
- 016-008 8:03 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm.
- 016-009 8:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm.
- 016-010 8:12 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:28 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 016-004, December 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191257). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-004 (accessed November 11, 2026).