Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 4:03 PM–4:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-069 on Tape 18 (tape position 02:59:44–02:59:58)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:03 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely to facilitate this communication. No policy matters or substantive political topics were addressed during the exchange.

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Miss Nixon, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-69

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 312-30]

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

Also recorded on January 11, 1972

  • 018-067 3:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 312-027 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 018-068 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 312-029 4:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 312-030 4:03 PM · 9 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 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 018-070 4:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
  • 312-031 4:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm.
  • 312-032 4:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-069, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-069 (accessed September 29, 2026).