Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on 1972 Campaign and Rhode Island

Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 1:13 PM–1:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 51 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation032-096 on Tape 32StartTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 1:13 PMEndTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 1:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-096 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194087 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called his wife, Pat, to inform her about adjustments to his upcoming 1972 campaign schedule, specifically rescheduling a Chicago event to Friday and adding Rhode Island afterward, with subsequent stops in Oklahoma, North Carolina, and New Mexico on Friday and Saturday as a campaign windup. He also mentioned that the official announcement of these changes would be made the following day.

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NARA Description

On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-096

Date: October 31, 1972
Time: 1:13 pm - 1:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 378-11]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/23/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[032-096-w001]
[Duration: 51s]

       1972 Campaign
             The President's schedule
                    -Rhode Island
                    -Chicago
                            -Reschedule
                    -Oklahoma, North Carolina, New Mexico
                    -Announcement

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NixonYeah.
Thelma C. ("Pat") NixonDick?
NixonHi. I want you to know that, uh, they're not going to announce it until tomorrow, but I'm going to do Rhode Island on Friday. So, we're we're rescheduling Chicago for Friday, you see, and then after we finish Chicago, we're going to do Rhode Island. So, uh, that takes care of that situation, see? I'll just do an airport stop there, so you won't have to go there.
Thelma C. ("Pat") NixonOh, well, I'd be glad to go.
NixonWhat I meant is you you'll be with me, see? We'll go together. So, uh, eh, so for we're going to do, uh, we're going to do Oklahoma and North Carolina, New Mexico, and the on Friday and Saturday as we go to, you know.
Thelma C. ("Pat") NixonMhm.
NixonSo, that'll be a good windup, okay?
Thelma C. ("Pat") NixonGood.
NixonWe've got to announce them tomorrow.
Thelma C. ("Pat") NixonOkay.
NixonAll right.

Also recorded on October 31, 1972

  • 032-094 1:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 032-095 1:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-008 1:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-009 1:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-011 1:13 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 032-097 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 378-012 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 378-013 1:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-096, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194087). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-096 (accessed November 2, 2026).