Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-055
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone logs
Monday, March 13, 1972 · 3:52 PM–5:11 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. The brief interaction served as a formal request to establish a connection with the First Lady. No further substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this specific bridge call.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 5:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-055 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-55
Date: March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 5:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 683-20/684-1B]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on March 13, 1972
- 683-015 3:15 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Otto E. Passman, Henry A. Kissinger, Richard K. Cook, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 3:41 pm.
- 683-016 3:41 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 683-017 3:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 683-018 3:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 683-019 3:41 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 683-020 3:48 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson, James Keogh, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 4:58 pm.
- 684-001 3:48 PM · 1 hr 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 6:03 pm.
- 021-054 3:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James Keogh talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-055, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-055 (accessed October 12, 2026).