{"conversationCode":"016-029","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-029","startDateTime":"1971-12-07T03:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-07T03:57:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:56 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:56 pm to 10:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-029 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. 16-29\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: 10:56 pm - 10:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/17/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[016-029-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 22s]\n\n     A Day in the Life of the President special\n\nTricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.\n\n     A Day in the Life of the President special\n         -The President’s interview\n\n     Christmas tree\n\n     A Day in the Life of the President special\n         -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Reading\n\n     Christmas party\n          -Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox\n          -Lincoln Room\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["016-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:56:23","tapeEnd":"00:57:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"016-028","nextCode":"016-030","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.51,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed logistical arrangements for the upcoming television special, 'A Day in the Life of the President.' The conversation focused on coordinating interview segments involving the President, the First Lady, and their daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. Additionally, they briefly touched upon plans for a Christmas party to be held in the Lincoln Room.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Tricia Nixon Cox","A Day in the Life of the President","Christmas","White House events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:32:10.524Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","tricia-nixon-cox","a-day-in-the-life-of-the-president","christmas","white-house-events"],"audioDurationSec":83,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-029.mp3","bytes":2003068,"durationSec":83.4,"bitrate":192130,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}