Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-105

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on administrative request

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 10:55 AM–10:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-105 on Tape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 10:55 AMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 10:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-105 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with his wife. No substantive political or policy discussions occur during this exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Ms. Spexson, please.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-105

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:55 and 10:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 717-2]

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

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

  • 717-001 10:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
  • 717-002 10:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am.
  • 023-106 10:57 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
  • 717-003 10:57 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:57 am to 10:58 am.
  • 717-004 10:58 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:04 am.
  • 023-108 11:04 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 am.
  • 717-005 11:04 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:04 am.
  • 717-006 11:04 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:10 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-105, May 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-105 (accessed October 9, 2026).