Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-101

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal calls

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 9:45 AM–11:18 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-101 on Tape 12 (tape position 03:56:59–03:57:07)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 9:45 AMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:18 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-101 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Thelma C. “Pat” Nixon. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his wife. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this exchange.

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Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 11:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-101

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 11:18 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-12A]

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

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 012-099 8:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 9:44 am.
  • 601-002 8:30 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
  • 601-003 8:30 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 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
  • 601-004 8:30 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
  • 601-005 8:30 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:52 am.
  • 601-006 9:18 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:35 am.
  • 601-007 9:36 AM · 1 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Sandman, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), Warren E. Hearnes, Marvin Mandel, Dale Bumpers, William G. Milliken, Stanley K. Hathaway, David Hall, Cyril Brickfield, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:36 am to 11:09 am.
  • 012-100 9:44 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Sandman, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-101, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-101 (accessed October 12, 2026).