Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-117
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 5:24 PM–5:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 32 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation to coordinate personal matters. Due to the sensitive nature of the discussion, the recording was marked as a personal returnable item and excluded from public release. The exchange serves as a record of the couple's private communication during the President's term.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-117 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-117
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: 5:24 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[See Conversation No. 291-17]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[011-117-w001]
[Duration: 29s]
The President and Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-Dinner
-Barbara Eisenhower
-Dinner
-Timing
******************************************************************************Also recorded on October 18, 1971
- 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.
- 011-116 5:21 PM · 13 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 011-119 5:32 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 5:32 pm to 5:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-117, 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/011-117 (accessed September 28, 2026).