Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 10 › Conversation 010-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, September 28, 1971 · 5:53 PM–5:54 PM ET · White House Telephone ·15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation010-018 onTape 10 (tape position 00:25:08–00:25:21)StartTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:53 PMEndTuesday, September 28, 1971 at 5:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief, one-minute telephone conversation. The majority of the recording consists of a withdrawn segment classified as personal, followed by a brief, informal exchange. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented in the surviving transcript.

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NARA Description

On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:53 pm to 5:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-18

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 5:53 pm - 5:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

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

[See Conversation No. 579-15A]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 13s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on September 28, 1971

  • 010-015 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:51 pm.
  • 010-016 5:51 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 010-017 5:51 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-012 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-013 5:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-014 5:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm.
  • 579-015 5:51 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 6:42 pm.
  • 010-019 5:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-018, September 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-018 (accessed September 18, 2026).