President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief exchange served as a routine request to establish a private line of communication with his spouse. No further official business or substantive policy discussions were recorded during this interaction.
On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 7-26
Date: July 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.