Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-043

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 12:24 PM–12:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation029-043 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:24 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-043 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a request for the operator to connect the President to his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.

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Please.
Mrs. Nixon please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-043 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-43

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 765-21A]

     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 765-020 12:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Floyd Patterson, Mrs. Floyd Patterson, Janene Patterson, Jennifer Patterson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:24 pm.
  • 765-021 12:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 029-044 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 765-022 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 765-023 12:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 765-024 12:27 PM · 27 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 765-027 12:27 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 029-045 12:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.

All 79 conversations from August 8, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-043, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-043 (accessed October 12, 2026).