Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 22 › Conversation 022-126
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Social planning
Saturday, April 15, 1972 · 12:20 PM–12:22 PM ET · White House Telephone ·2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon coordinate personal social arrangements and family matters. They discuss the death of Zelda Arbuthnot and the need to send condolences to her family, as well as logistical plans for hosting the Marshburns at the White House. The conversation concludes with a brief mention of including Edward C. Nixon in a dinner engagement.
- Pat Nixon
- Social planning
- Condolences
- Family affairs
- White House hospitality
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-126 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-126
Date: April 15, 1972
Time: 12:20 pm - 12:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
[See Conversation No. 329-37]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/11/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[022-126-w001]
[Duration: 1m 37s]
Zelda Arbuthnot
-Death
-Note and call to Raymond J. Arbuthnot
Oscar O. and [Rose] Olive (Milhous) Marshburn
-Location
-Age
-Invitation to stay at the White House
-Dinner invitation
-Sunday April 16, 1972
-Tour of White House
-Rose Mary Woods
-6:30 pm
-Monday April 17, 1972
-Departure later that night
-Schedule
-Woods
-The President's schedule
Edward C. Nixon
-Dinner invitation
******************************************************************************Also recorded on April 15, 1972
- 022-125 11:55 AM · 12 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 329-037 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.
- 329-039 12:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond J. Arbuthnot met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:25 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 329-040 12:27 PM · 1 min — 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 12:27 pm and 1:00 pm.
- 329-041 12:27 PM · 4 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 12:27 pm and 1:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-126, 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/022-126 (accessed September 18, 2026).