Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 6 › Conversation 006-133

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David and Speeches

Saturday, July 3, 1971 · 6:04 PM–6:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 55 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation006-133 on Tape 6 (tape position 02:45:47–02:46:42)StartSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 6:04 PMEndSaturday, July 3, 1971 at 6:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 006-133 ↗

President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon coordinate the logistics for an upcoming speech and their subsequent departure. They confirm a timeline for attending the event, which requires an early arrival to ensure the audience is seated, followed by a planned helicopter flight to Camp David. The discussion serves to align their personal schedules and travel arrangements for the evening.

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Hello.
Hi, Dick.
I want to know, I'm going to eat here because I'm finishing my speech over here now.
Yeah.
I guess we all go together.
Yeah, we go at about 10 minutes till 10.
Yeah.
Just 10 minutes before 10.
We have to get there a little early so that they get everybody seated before.
Yeah.
Afterwards, we're going to come back and take the helicopter to Camp David.
Yeah, I have to have about two minutes to change, though.
There's no problem.
We've got plenty of time.
I'll probably want to slip up and get something myself.
And the other thing is that...
Wait a minute.
Oh, that was all, I guess, yeah.
Yeah, we'll leave it ten minutes till ten.
Okay.
So I'll see you over there.
Good.
And we'll be ready.
Okay.
Okay.

On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:04 pm to 6:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-133 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 6-133

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: 6:04 pm - 6:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

     President's schedule
           -Speech
           -National Archives
           -Camp David
  • 006-130 4:22 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:37 pm.
  • 006-131 4:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:37 pm to 4:38 pm.
  • 006-132 4:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 006-134 6:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:05 pm and 6:16 pm.
  • 006-135 6:16 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:16 pm to 6:17 pm.
  • 006-136 6:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 006-137 6:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:55 pm.
  • 006-138 6:55 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:55 pm to 6:56 pm.

Conversation 006-133, July 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-133 (accessed October 12, 2026).