Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-125

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communications

Saturday, April 15, 1972 · 11:55 AM–12:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-125 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:43:06–04:43:18)StartSaturday, April 15, 1972 at 11:55 AMEndSaturday, April 15, 1972 at 12:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-125 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a personal conversation between the President and his wife. No policy matters or substantive political business were discussed during this brief request.

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Uh, Mrs. Nixon, please.

NARA Description

On April 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-125 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-125

Date: April 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 329-36]

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

Also recorded on April 15, 1972

  • 329-033 11:55 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
  • 329-034 11:55 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
  • 329-035 11:55 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
  • 329-036 11:55 AM · 11 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 11:55 am and 12:20 pm.
  • 022-126 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:22 pm.
  • 329-037 12:20 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 12:20 pm to 12:22 pm.
  • 329-038 12:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 022-127 12:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond J. Arbuthnot talked on the telephone from 12:25 pm to 12:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-125, April 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-125 (accessed October 1, 2026).