Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-106
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Edgar Hoover and FBI
Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 10:57 AM–10:58 AM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
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NARA Description
On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 10:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-106 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-106
Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 10:57-10:58 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See also Conversation No. 717-3]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-106-w001]
[Duration: 17s]
J. Edgar Hoover's death
-The President's forthcoming announcement
-Time of death
-May 2, 1972
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Also recorded on May 2, 1972
- 717-001 10:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
- 023-105 10:55 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am.
- 717-002 10:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am.
- 717-003 10:57 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
- 717-004 10:58 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:04 am.
- 023-108 11:04 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 am.
- 717-005 11:04 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:04 am.
- 717-006 11:04 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:10 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-106, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193497). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-106 (accessed November 5, 2026).