President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement to connect the President with his wife. No substantive policy matters or further actions were discussed during this brief communication.
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:32 pm and 6:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-088 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 23-88 Date: April 26, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:32 and 6:35 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 333-32] Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.