Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-113
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication
Friday, August 13, 1971 · 8:59 AM–12:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Thelma C. “Pat” Nixon. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President with his wife. No substantive policy matters or additional administrative actions were addressed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:59 am and 12:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-113 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-113
Date: August 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:59 am and 12:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 563-6A]
Requested a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on August 13, 1971
- 563-001 8:59 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:59 am and 9:36 am.
- 563-002 9:36 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:36 am to 10:08 am.
- 069-001 10:08 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, John N. Irwin, II, Melvin R. Laird, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, George P. Shultz, Ronald I. Spiers, David Packard, Henry A. Kissinger, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Dr. [First name unknown] Weinsmith, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Kenneth W. Dam, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:57 am.
- 563-013 10:08 AM · 50 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:57 am.
- 563-003 11:57 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Diana Billings, Robert Buchanan, Christopher Chapin, Patricia Clifford, Thomas Davis, Arthur Ferguson, Marsha Gilman, Scoll Gleason, Douglas Hallett, Harding Jones, Dale Kinsella, Jeanne Luboja, Loretta Lungren, Chris Marshall, William Olson, Michael Schatzlein, Linda Scheuplein, Robert Sutcliffe, Blair Wilson, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:57 am to 12:15 pm.
- 563-004 12:16 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:18 pm.
- 563-005 12:19 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Frederic V. Malek, Herbert G. Klein, Jayne B. Spain, Patricia R. Hitt, Helen D. Bentlye, Barbara H. Franklin, Elizabeth Hanford, Nancy Hanks, Sallyanne Payton, Ethel B. Walsh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 563-006 12:29 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Edward L. Morgan, and Bruce A. Kehrli met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 1:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-113, August 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/007-113 (accessed October 9, 2026).