Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-062
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods
Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 5:16 PM–5:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
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On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 16-62
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm - 5:17 pm
Location: White House Tapes
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 307-33]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[016-062-w001]
[Duration: 19s]
The President’s schedule
-Dinner
-Rose Mary Woods
-Time
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Time
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon and Rose Mary Woods
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Also recorded on December 8, 1971
- 016-060 5:08 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 307-030 5:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:08 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 016-061 5:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 307-031 5:14 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 307-032 5:14 PM · 8 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 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 307-033 5:16 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 016-063 5:17 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 8:03 pm.
- 307-034 5:20 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:20 pm to 6:05 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 016-062, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191373). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-062 (accessed November 2, 2026).