Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-094
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Monday, April 10, 1972 · 12:44 PM–12:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish communication between the President and his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were addressed during this brief logistical interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-094 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-94
Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:44 pm and 12:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 705-13A]
Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on April 10, 1972
- 705-010 12:23 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:25 pm.
- 705-011 12:25 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert W. Barker, Arch N. Booth, William N. Burch, George Champion, Jr., Mary Pillsbury Lord, James P. Low, Leonard H. Marks, Herbert E. Marks, J. Willard Marriott, Alice (Sheets) Marriott, William J. McManus, Charles S. O???Malley, Jr., A. Pollard Simons, Katherine (Merrill) Swim, Walter E. Washington, C. Robert Yeager, John P. Cosgrove, John B. Kelly, Jr., David C. Hoopes, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 705-012 12:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
- 705-013 12:44 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 1:06 pm.
- 022-095 12:50 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:50 pm to 12:51 pm.
- 022-096 12:51 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm.
- 022-097 12:51 PM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm.
- 705-014 1:06 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-094, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-094 (accessed October 1, 2026).