Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-053
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communications
Sunday, June 13, 1971 · 12:43 PM–12:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to facilitate a personal phone call between the President and his wife. No policy matters or significant executive decisions were discussed during this short communication.
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-53
Date: June 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 12:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on June 13, 1971
- 005-052 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 256-032 12:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:53 pm.
- 005-054 12:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm.
- 005-055 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 005-056 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 005-057 12:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 256-033 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm.
- 256-034 12:56 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 005-053, June 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-053 (accessed October 12, 2026).