Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-090

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Benjamin Freeman

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 12:28 PM–12:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation004-090 on Tape 4 (tape position 03:19:34–03:20:02)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 12:28 PMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 12:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-090 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188847 ↗

A 28-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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On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-090 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 4-90

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 12:28 pm - 12:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 515-4B]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/12/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[004-090-w001]
[Duration: 28s]

     President's schedule
           -Benjamin Freeman
                 -Tailors
                 -Cloths
                       -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's opinion

     Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation.

  • 515-001 12:03 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 515-002 12:06 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marie Lombardi, Felix E. Larkin, John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy, Wellington T. Mara, Joseph M. McCrane, John A. Volpe, John N. Mitchell, William J. Casey, Silvio O. Conte, John J. Breslin, Jr., Gene Leone, Peter C. Brown, William H. Sullivan, Peter Carlesimo, Michael P. Walsh, Andrew Jackson, Francis C. Mackin, Phil David Fine, Zenon C. R. Hansen, Robert Levitas, Carroll D. Rosenbloom, John J. Ryan, and Henry C. Cashen, II met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:24 pm.
  • 515-003 12:28 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm.
  • 515-004 12:30 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Anthony T. ("Tony") Rossi, Acheille Mongelli, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 1:05 pm.
  • 515-005 1:05 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:05 pm to 1:27 pm.
  • 004-091 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 255-034 1:31 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 004-092 1:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm.

Conversation 004-090, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188847). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-090 (accessed November 11, 2026).