Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-081

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Wednesday, February 9, 1972 · 10:15 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation020-081 on Tape 20 (tape position 02:28:07–02:28:12)StartWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 10:15 AMEndWednesday, February 9, 1972 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-081 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served strictly 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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The coat.
Mrs. Nixon, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:15 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-81

Date: February 9, 1972
Time: 10:15 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 668-12C]

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

Also recorded on February 9, 1972

  • 668-010 8:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:19 am.
  • 668-011 8:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:19 am.
  • 020-082 10:15 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 11:04 am.
  • 668-013 10:40 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 11:04 am.
  • 668-014 10:40 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 11:04 am.
  • 020-083 11:04 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 2:52 pm.
  • 668-015 11:20 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 11:21 am.
  • 668-016 11:21 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-081, February 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-081 (accessed October 22, 2026).