Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-034

Nixon phone call with Albertazzie on Air travel and Presidential travel

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 5:11 PM–5:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Albertazzie, Ralph D.Conversation008-034 on Tape 8 (tape position 01:08:12–01:08:36)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:11 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-034 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 645078739 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie talked on the telephone from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-34

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 5:11 pm - 5:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzi.

[See Conversation No. 275-20]

     Washington to Anchorage flight time
         -7 hours, 10 minutes
         -Anchorage to Washington
              -6 hours, 30 minutes

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Yeah.
I have Colonel Apertasia.
Yeah.
Hello.
Yes, sir.
Say, what is the flight time to Anchorage if you came from Washington?
From Washington to Anchorage, Mr. President, 7 hours and 10 minutes.
Yeah, and... And the other way, it's 6 hours and 30 minutes, coming back from Anchorage to here.
7-10.
Okay.
7-10 going up, 6-30 coming back.
Thank you.
Very good, sir.

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

  • 008-032 5:09 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
  • 008-033 5:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-018 5:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-019 5:09 PM · 10 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 5:09 pm and 5:11 pm.
  • 275-020 5:11 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 008-035 5:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:12 pm.
  • 275-021 5:12 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:12 pm.
  • 008-036 5:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:13 pm to 5:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-034, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078739). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-034 (accessed November 1, 2026).