Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 15 › Conversation 015-042

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 5:09 PM–5:16 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation015-042 onTape 15 (tape position 01:00:35–01:00:41)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 5:09 PMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 5:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-042 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a administrative request to connect the President with the First Lady. No further policy or political discussions were recorded during this communication.

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NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-42

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator

[See also Conversation No. 294-25A]

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

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 294-023 4:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
  • 294-024 4:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
  • 294-025 4:54 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Joel T. Broyhill, William E. Timmons, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:50 pm.
  • 015-041 5:09 PM · 2 min — Donald H. Rumsfeld, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 015-043 5:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 015-044 5:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm.
  • 015-045 5:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:57 pm.
  • 015-049 5:55 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 7:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-042, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-042 (accessed September 18, 2026).