Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-127

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House communication

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 7:53 AM–12:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-127 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:31:08–03:31:13)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 7:53 AMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:42 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-127 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to his wife, First Lady Pat Nixon, through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a routine administrative request to establish contact with the First Lady. No further substantive policy matters or political developments are recorded in this interaction.

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Yes, sir.
Mrs. Nixon, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-127 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

[Conversation 11-127 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11 -126.]

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 596-13A]

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

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 011-123 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
  • 011-124 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
  • 011-125 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
  • 011-126 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
  • 596-001 7:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:06 am.
  • 080-002 8:06 AM · 1 hr 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including William P. Rogers, Charls E. Walker, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Norris Cotton, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Samuel L. Devine, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Harry S. Dent, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Eugene S. Cowen, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bryce N. Harlow, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:06 am to 9:55 am.
  • 596-002 8:06 AM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 10:14 am.
  • 596-003 10:14 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-127, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-127 (accessed September 28, 2026).