Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-081

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady

Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 5:11 PM–5:12 PM ET · White House Telephone ·51 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation008-081 onTape 8 (tape position 02:56:40–02:57:31)StartThursday, September 9, 1971 at 5:11 PMEndThursday, September 9, 1971 at 5:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-081 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with First Lady Pat Nixon. The primary content of this discussion remains inaccessible to researchers as the recording is classified as a personal, returnable item. Consequently, no substantive policy matters or official developments are documented for this exchange.

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Hello.
This is Nick Center.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon 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 008-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-81

Date: September 9, 1971
Time: 5:11 pm - 5:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 568-12B]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 48s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on September 9, 1971

  • 568-009 3:58 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 5:06 pm.
  • 568-010 4:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm.
  • 568-011 4:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm.
  • 568-012 4:05 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 6:00 pm.
  • 008-079 5:06 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 5:06 pm to 5:08 pm.
  • 008-080 5:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 5:11 pm.
  • 008-082 5:12 PM · 22 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 6:01 pm.
  • 568-013 6:00 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 8:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-081, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-081 (accessed September 18, 2026).