Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-124

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Africa and Ghana

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 4:54 PM–4:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation013-124 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:06:10–04:07:03)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:54 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 4:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-124 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with First Lady Pat Nixon regarding her upcoming diplomatic travel to Africa following his meeting with the Prime Minister of Ghana. The President urged Mrs. Nixon to include Ghana on her itinerary to reinforce the administration's appreciation for the nation's supportive voting record at the United Nations. Consequently, the President decided to move forward with planning a two-country tour for the First Lady, emphasizing projects related to schools and international cooperation.

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Hello.
Mrs. Nixon.
Hello.
Hi, Dick.
The Prime Minister of Ghana was just in, you know, and as without any suggestion on my part, he strongly asked that you come by there because he said it's having been our first country, which is next door to Liberia.
So I told him we'd ask you, but I think you should.
It'd just take a couple days.
And he says they would love to have you and, you know, and
See, they voted with us in the U.N. That's the reason I'm seeing them.
We want to show that we really care about them, schools and all that sort of thing.
So I just wanted you to know that I think I'm going to tell them here to put it in motion.
I'll give you the two countries to go to, which I think will be very good.
Yeah, good.
Good.
All right.
Thanks.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-124 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-124

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

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: 4:54 pm - 4:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 614-17]

     Mrs. Nixon's schedule
          -Upcoming trip to Africa
               -Kofi A. Busia
               -Liberia
               -Ghana
                     -United Nations [UN]
                     -Schools

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  • 614-017 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-124, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-124 (accessed October 12, 2026).