Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-061
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady
Tuesday, May 18, 1971 · 6:34 PM–6:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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NARA Description
On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:34 pm to 6:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-061
Date: May 18, 1971
Time: 6:34 pm - 6:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 500-032]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/24/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-061-w001]
[Duration: 12s]
President’s schedule
-Sequoia
-Dinner
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Also recorded on May 18, 1971
- 500-029 4:42 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John A. Scali, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:42 pm to 5:05 pm.
- 500-030 5:05 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert G. Klein, Robert Lubar, James W. Michaels, Lewis H. Young, Robert M. Bleiberg, Joseph E. Evans, [Pawhatan] Jack Wooldridge, Jr., Raymond J. Brady, Thomas Mulloney, Howard W. Fleiger, Marshall Loeb, Lester Bernstein, Henry Gemmill, White House photographer, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:34 pm.
- 003-060 6:34 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone at 6:34 pm.
- 500-032 6:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:34 pm to 6:35 pm.
- 500-033 6:35 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 6:38 pm.
- 500-034 6:38 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:38 pm to 6:49 pm.
- 500-035 6:49 PM · 33 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 10:43 pm.
- 003-189 8:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:14 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-061, May 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188369). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-061 (accessed November 12, 2026).