Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-116

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal correspondence

Monday, October 18, 1971 · 5:21 PM–5:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-116 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:17:12–03:17:25)StartMonday, October 18, 1971 at 5:21 PMEndMonday, October 18, 1971 at 5:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-116 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The primary objective of the communication is to establish a direct line for a personal conversation with his wife. No substantive political or administrative matters are addressed during this brief exchange.

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Hello.
Mrs. Nixon, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-116

 Date: October 18, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 291-16]

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

Also recorded on October 18, 1971

  • 291-014 5:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Chet Holifield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:20 pm.
  • 011-115 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Chet Holifield talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 291-015 5:21 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
  • 291-016 5:21 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 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
  • 011-117 5:24 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 291-017 5:24 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 011-118 5:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm.
  • 291-018 5:25 PM · 4 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 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-116, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-116 (accessed September 28, 2026).