Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-016

Nixon phone call with Ribicoff on White House condolences

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 2:29 PM–2:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ribicoff, Abraham A.Conversation021-016 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:40:37–00:41:06)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:29 PMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this telephone call to Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff to offer his personal sympathies regarding the severe illness of the Senator’s wife, Ruth Siegel Ribicoff. The conversation served as a gesture of bipartisan goodwill, with the President conveying that the White House leadership was thinking of the family. Nixon also requested that the Senator extend best wishes from both himself and First Lady Pat Nixon during this difficult time.

Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ruth Siegel Ribicoff
Pat Nixon
White House condolences
bipartisan relations

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Yeah.

Mr. President, I have Senator Ribicoff.

Yeah.

Mr. President, sir.

Hello.

Hello, Mr. President.

Babe, I just learned this morning at our leaders' meeting that Mrs. Ribicoff was very ill, and I want you to know that we were thinking of her and we're hoping for the best.

We appreciate that, Mr. President.

And you extend my very best wishes to her and Mrs. Nixon.

It was very nice of you to call.

And you just, I know it's a tough time, but we're all pulling for you.

Thanks a lot.

Okay.

Bye.

NARA Description

On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff talked on the telephone from 2:29 pm to 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-16

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: 2:29 pm - 2:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Abraham A. Ribicoff.

[See Conversation No. 322-27]

     Ruth Siegel Ribicoff
          -Previous Republican Congressional Leadership meeting
          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on March 7, 1972

021-012 2:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:18 pm.
021-013 2:18 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
021-014 2:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
021-015 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
322-026 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
322-027 2:29 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:30 pm.
322-028 2:35 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 3:00 pm.
021-017 2:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 10:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-016, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-016 (accessed October 12, 2026).