Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-039
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady
Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 5:49 PM–5:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 49 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his wife. The conversation concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.
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NARA Description
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-39
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 5:49 pm - 5:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 275-28]
Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
The President talked with Mrs. Nixon
[See Conversation No. 275-28]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 31s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
**********************************************************************Also recorded on September 7, 1971
- 275-027 5:43 PM · 5 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
- 275-028 5:43 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 008-040 5:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
- 008-041 5:50 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
- 275-029 5:50 PM · 5 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
- 275-030 5:50 PM · 13 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
- 008-042 5:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.
- 275-031 5:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-039, 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/008-039 (accessed October 21, 2026).