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Conversation 009-081

TapeTape 9StartSaturday, September 18, 1971 at 11:05 AMEndSaturday, September 18, 1971 at 11:05 AMTape start time02:15:14Tape end time02:16:40ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Wiggins, Charles E.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this phone call to express his personal condolences to Representative Charles E. Wiggins following the recent death of Wiggins' wife. The two discussed the long-term illness leading to her passing and the upcoming funeral services scheduled at Rose Hills Memorial Park. Nixon noted that the location held personal significance, as several members of his own family are also interred there.

Charles E. WigginsCondolencesRose Hills Memorial ParkPersonal bereavement
AudioNARA Description

On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles E. Wiggins talked on the telephone at 11:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-81

Date: September 18, 1971
Time: 11:05 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-6B]

     Charles E. Wiggins

The President talked with Wiggins between 11:05 am and 11:07 am.

     Wiggins’ wife
         -Condolences of President and Mrs. Nixon
         -Family members
         -Funeral
               -Whittier, California
                    -The President's family
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yes, sir.
Mr. Wiggins.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Ready.
Chuck.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Well, as your old neighbor and so forth, I want you to know that Pat and I were deeply distressed to learn about your wife.
I didn't know that actually that she'd been sick.
Yes, she had been suffering from this condition for about four years.
About four years.
You see, we have...
Yeah, we, of course, have seen you around and so forth, and I just haven't kept track of the family as well as I should.
Well, it's a sad thing.
Right.
Well, I suppose under the circumstances, it's just, well, you know, we have to never think of this, but it's well that it's now over.
Yes, it is.
Because she must have had a terrible problem in that period of time.
Well, we're the family, my two boys and I, and her mother is here flying up.
Right, right.
And the services will be on Tuesday and Wednesday here at Rose Hill.
Rose Hills, right.
That ought to be familiar to you, sir.
Yes, yes, my mother and my father and two brothers.
Oh, is that so?
Yep, all at Rose Hills.
And Pat's father there is, too.
I got it.
Well, anyway, Chuck, we wish you well, and you express your two boys to our sympathy.
Okay.
I most appreciate your call.
Bye, Chuck.
Thank you.
Bye.
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