Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Tuesday, September 14, 1971 · 12:37 PM–1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-001 on Tape 9 (tape position 00:00:36–00:00:42)StartTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 12:37 PMEndTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a functional request to connect the President with his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Mrs. Nixon?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-1

Date: September 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on September 14, 1971

  • 075-001 11:07 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and agricultural leaders, including William J. Kuhfuss, John W. Scott, Robert C. McInturf, Tony C. DeChant, Oren Lee Staley, Clifford M. Hardin, and Clarence D. Palmby, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 9:50 pm.
  • 572-006 11:07 AM · 59 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 12:37 pm.
  • 572-007 11:07 AM · 27 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 12:37 pm.
  • 075-002 12:37 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 075-003 12:37 PM · 3 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 572-008 12:37 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 1:45 pm.
  • 451-012 1:20 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 009-002 1:48 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-001, September 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).