Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-034

Nixon phone call with Albertazzie on Air travel and Presidential travel

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 5:11 PM–5:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Albertazzie, Ralph D.Conversation008-034 on Tape 8 (tape position 01:08:12–01:08:36)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:11 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 5:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzie to clarify the logistical flight times between Washington and Anchorage, Alaska. The conversation focused on establishing precise travel durations for both outbound and return segments of a potential trip. Albertazzie confirmed the flight times as seven hours and ten minutes to Anchorage and six hours and thirty minutes for the return journey.

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Yeah.
I have Colonel Apertasia.
Yeah.
Hello.
Yes, sir.
Say, what is the flight time to Anchorage if you came from Washington?
From Washington to Anchorage, Mr. President, 7 hours and 10 minutes.
Yeah, and... And the other way, it's 6 hours and 30 minutes, coming back from Anchorage to here.
7-10.
Okay.
7-10 going up, 6-30 coming back.
Thank you.
Very good, sir.

NARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie talked on the telephone from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-34

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 5:11 pm - 5:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzi.

[See Conversation No. 275-20]

     Washington to Anchorage flight time
         -7 hours, 10 minutes
         -Anchorage to Washington
              -6 hours, 30 minutes

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

  • 008-032 5:09 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
  • 008-033 5:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-018 5:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:09 pm.
  • 275-019 5:09 PM · 10 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 5:09 pm and 5:11 pm.
  • 275-020 5:11 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm.
  • 008-035 5:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:12 pm.
  • 275-021 5:12 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:12 pm.
  • 008-036 5:13 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:13 pm to 5:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-034, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-034 (accessed October 10, 2026).