{"conversationCode":"007-017","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-017","startDateTime":"1971-07-28T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-28T13:03:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:02 AM","endDate":"28-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 7-17\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: 9:02 am - 9:03 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 549-3]\n\n     Mrs. Nixon's schedule\n          -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]\n               -Date\n               -American Legion","filename":["007-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:46:51","tapeEnd":"00:47:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"007-016","nextCode":"007-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.35,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.38,"end":2.66,"text":"Hi."},{"start":3.08,"end":3.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.04,"end":8.27,"text":"They do not expect you at this thing, at the VFW thing."},{"start":8.32,"end":9.75,"text":"On the 18th."},{"start":9.77,"end":11.41,"text":"On the 18th, yeah, the VFW."},{"start":11.45,"end":12.45,"text":"They're a little different."},{"start":12.49,"end":14.7,"text":"They're a little different from the Legion."},{"start":14.88,"end":16.24,"text":"But I'm not doing them until next year."},{"start":16.66,"end":17.32,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":17.34,"end":18.72,"text":"I do the Legion next year."},{"start":18.74,"end":19.84,"text":"I'm doing VFW."},{"start":19.86,"end":20.13,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":20.15,"end":20.25,"text":"Fine."},{"start":20.59,"end":21.57,"text":"Bye."},{"start":21.59,"end":23.27,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed scheduling logistics regarding upcoming appearances before the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion. The First Lady clarified that she was slated to attend the VFW event while the President postponed his involvement with these organizations until the following year. This brief exchange served to coordinate their respective public engagement calendars for these veteran groups.","topics":["Pat Nixon","scheduling","Veterans of Foreign Wars","American Legion","public appearances"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:25:36.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","scheduling","veterans-of-foreign-wars","american-legion","public-appearances"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-017.mp3","bytes":569259,"durationSec":23.66,"bitrate":192497,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}