Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-104

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Administrative requests

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 11:43 AM–11:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation012-104 on Tape 12 (tape position 04:10:20–04:10:29)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:43 AMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-104 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange, first speaking with an unidentified individual regarding an appeal for support or a vote. Following this, he requests the White House operator to connect him to First Lady Pat Nixon. The call serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with his wife.

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Vote with us.
Please.
Yes, please.
Could you get Mrs. Nixon, please?
Yes, sir.
Mrs. Nixon.

NARA Description

On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-104 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-104

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

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

The President conferred with an unknown person.

[See Conversation No. 601-13]

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 012-103 11:19 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Luis Echeverria Alvarez talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:31 am.
  • 601-013 11:51 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:51 am.
  • 012-105 11:53 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:53 am to 11:54 am.
  • 601-014 11:53 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 11:54 am.
  • 601-015 11:54 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am.
  • 601-016 11:54 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am.
  • 012-106 11:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, King Hassan, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:08 pm.
  • 601-017 11:59 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alex G. Toumayan, and King Hassan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-104, 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/012-104 (accessed October 12, 2026).