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.
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 AidConversation No. 11-117 Date: October 18, 1971 Time: 5:24 pm - 5:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 291-17] 68 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 29s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.