{"conversationCode":"018-070","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-070","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T21:06:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:05 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-070 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 18-70\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: 4:05 pm - 4:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 312-31]\n\n     Mrs. Nixon's schedule\n          -Tea\n               -Attendance\n          -Comments about Mrs. Nixon's trip to Africa\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[018-070-w001]\n[Duration: 47s]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Camp David\n               -State of the Union speech\n\n     Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule\n          -Barbara Walters\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -State of the Union speech\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["018-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:59:58","tapeEnd":"03:00:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"018-069","nextCode":"018-071","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.42,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.44,"end":2.32,"text":"Mrs. Nixon."},{"start":2.78,"end":3.16,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.42,"end":4.04,"text":"Hi."},{"start":4.06,"end":4.75,"text":"How'd the tea go?"},{"start":5.27,"end":7.15,"text":"Oh, about 350 ladies."},{"start":7.35,"end":8.1,"text":"That's great."},{"start":8.62,"end":9.76,"text":"But it went well."},{"start":9.86,"end":11.51,"text":"They all commented on the trip."},{"start":11.75,"end":12.91,"text":"I'll bet they did."},{"start":13.55,"end":13.65,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed the success of a recent tea event hosted by the First Lady, which was attended by approximately 350 guests. The conversation centered on the positive feedback Mrs. Nixon received regarding her recent diplomatic trip to Africa. The pair also briefly touched upon their respective schedules, specifically mentioning the President's work on the State of the Union speech and his upcoming time at Camp David.","topics":["Pat Nixon","State of the Union","Africa trip","White House social events","First Lady's schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:03:36.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","state-of-the-union","africa-trip","white-house-social-events","first-ladys-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-070.mp3","bytes":1470170,"durationSec":61.19,"bitrate":192215,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}