Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-129
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House life
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:45 PM–12:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief, private telephone conversation. The recording consists entirely of a withdrawn segment classified as personal returnable material. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented in this interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-129 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-129
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 12:45 pm - 12:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 596-13C]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[011-129-w001]
[Duration: 39s]
The President’s schedule
-William P. Rogers
-Prime Minister of Ceylon
-Barbara Eisenhower
-Health
-John Eisenhower
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Also recorded on October 19, 1971
- 596-013 12:36 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Richard H. Poff, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:53 pm.
- 011-128 12:42 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 011-130 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm.
- 596-014 12:53 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:53 pm.
- 596-015 12:53 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm.
- 011-131 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
- 011-132 12:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 596-016 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-129, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190147). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-129 (accessed November 12, 2026).