Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication

Monday, April 12, 1971 · 6:20 PM–6:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation001-069 on Tape 1 (tape position 02:20:22–02:20:58)StartMonday, April 12, 1971 at 6:20 PMEndMonday, April 12, 1971 at 6:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication with his spouse. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this short exchange.

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Uh, Mrs. Nixon, please.

NARA Description

On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 6:20 pm to 6:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 1-69

Date: April 12, 1971
Time: 6:20 pm - 6:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on April 12, 1971

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  • 477-012 4:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm.
  • 477-013 4:30 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Victor Lasky, Patricia (Pratt) Lasky, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:30 pm to 5:22 pm.
  • 477-014 5:23 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Steven Baker, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Fredrick C. LaRue met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 001-068 5:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:34 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 001-067 5:35 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at 5:35 pm.
  • 001-070 6:21 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:21 pm to 6:22 pm.
  • 001-071 6:22 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 001-069, April 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-069 (accessed October 12, 2026).