Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-072

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Monday, June 14, 1971 · 7:37 PM–7:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation005-072 on Tape 5 (tape position 02:22:25–02:26:33)StartMonday, June 14, 1971 at 7:37 PMEndMonday, June 14, 1971 at 7:41 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-072 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation. The discussion was personal in nature, as indicated by its status as a withdrawn personal item. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were recorded or disclosed from this exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-072 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-72

Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 7:37 pm - 7:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 258-12]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 8s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on June 14, 1971

  • 005-071 7:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:22 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 258-012 7:37 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:37 pm to 7:41 pm.
  • 005-073 7:41 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
  • 005-074 7:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
  • 258-013 7:41 PM · 5 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 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
  • 258-014 7:41 PM · 3 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 7:41 pm and 7:48 pm.
  • 005-075 7:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.
  • 258-015 7:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:48 pm to 7:51 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-072, June 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-072 (accessed October 5, 2026).