{"conversationCode":"011-146","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":146,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-146","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:50:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:49 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-146 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 011-146\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: 5:49 pm - 5:50 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n [See Conversation No. 292-22]\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.\n Segment will remain closed.]\n [Personal Returnable]\n [011-146-w001]\n [Duration: 16s]\n\n END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n        Mrs. Nixon’s schedule\n             -Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mrs. Sirimauo Bandaranaike\n\n ******************************************************************************\n\n BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.\n Segment will remain closed.]\n [Personal Returnable]\n [011-146-w003]\n [Duration: 1m 13s]\n\n END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\n ******************************************************************************","filename":["011-146.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:20:33","tapeEnd":"04:22:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"011-145","nextCode":"011-147","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.71,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":24.36,"end":28.01,"text":"The Prime Minister came for tea, and she made over an hour."},{"start":28.11,"end":29.01,"text":"I couldn't believe it."},{"start":29.03,"end":29.41,"text":"I know."},{"start":29.7,"end":31.58,"text":"It's awfully hard to get them to move."},{"start":31.9,"end":32.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":33.22,"end":35.1,"text":"Well, that's not slow, and I sure saw her."},{"start":35.12,"end":35.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":35.53,"end":36.39,"text":"She appreciated it."},{"start":36.87,"end":38.19,"text":"Yeah, she really seemed to."},{"start":38.49,"end":39.35,"text":"She sure did."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed a recent diplomatic visit by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The First Lady recounted the extended duration of the tea meeting, noting the difficulty of managing the Prime Minister's schedule. The pair briefly reflected on the success of the interaction and the Prime Minister’s positive reception.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Sirimavo Bandaranaike","Diplomatic relations","Ceylon","White House social events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:28:43.358Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","sirimavo-bandaranaike","diplomatic-relations","ceylon","white-house-social-events"],"audioDurationSec":113,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-146.mp3","bytes":3619267,"durationSec":112.97,"bitrate":256291,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-146.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-146","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-146","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}