Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-054
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Monday, November 1, 1971 · 2:29 PM–2:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 33 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief, personal telephone call. The majority of the interaction consists of withdrawn personal material, leaving only concluding remarks. No official policy decisions or substantive political matters were discussed.
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-054
Date: November 1, 1971
Time: 2:29 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 302-27]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/08/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[013-054-w001]
[Duration: 32s]
Arrival of Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
President's schedule
-Possibility of taking a White House tour on November 1,1971
-Availability of Clement E. Conger
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
**********************************************************************Also recorded on November 1, 1971
- 302-027 2:29 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 013-055 2:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 302-028 2:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 302-029 2:30 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 302-030 2:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 013-056 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 302-031 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
- 302-032 2:54 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Melvin R. Laird, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 4:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-054, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-054 (accessed October 23, 2026).