{"conversationCode":"013-124","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":124,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-124","startDateTime":"1971-11-04T21:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-04T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:54 PM","endDate":"4-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","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.","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. 013-124\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: November 4, 1971\nTime: 4:54 pm - 4:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 614-17]\n\n     Mrs. Nixon's schedule\n          -Upcoming trip to Africa\n               -Kofi A. Busia\n               -Liberia\n               -Ghana\n                     -United Nations [UN]\n                     -Schools","filename":["013-124.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:06:10","tapeEnd":"04:07:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"013-123","nextCode":"013-125","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.43,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.55,"end":3.74,"text":"Mrs. Nixon."},{"start":3.76,"end":3.98,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.36,"end":4.86,"text":"Hi, Dick."},{"start":5.7,"end":19.8,"text":"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."},{"start":20.42,"end":22.54,"text":"So I told him we'd ask you, but I think you should."},{"start":22.78,"end":23.82,"text":"It'd just take a couple days."},{"start":23.84,"end":28.47,"text":"And he says they would love to have you and, you know, and"},{"start":28.99,"end":32.77,"text":"See, they voted with us in the U.N. That's the reason I'm seeing them."},{"start":33.13,"end":38.02,"text":"We want to show that we really care about them, schools and all that sort of thing."},{"start":38.08,"end":43.01,"text":"So I just wanted you to know that I think I'm going to tell them here to put it in motion."},{"start":44.75,"end":49.44,"text":"I'll give you the two countries to go to, which I think will be very good."},{"start":49.46,"end":50.74,"text":"Yeah, good."},{"start":51.88,"end":51.98,"text":"Good."},{"start":52,"end":52.2,"text":"All right."},{"start":52.22,"end":52.36,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Africa","Ghana","Liberia","United Nations","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:53:09.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","africa","ghana","liberia","united-nations","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-124.mp3","bytes":1278327,"durationSec":53.2,"bitrate":192232,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.417Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-124.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-124","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-124","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}