{"conversationCode":"023-106","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-106","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"10:57 AM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"10:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 10:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-106 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 23-106\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: 10:57-10:58 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 717-3]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[023-106-w001]\n[Duration: 17s]\n\n       J. Edgar Hoover's death\n              -The President's forthcoming announcement\n\f              -Time of death\n                     -May 2, 1972\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["023-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"023-105","nextCode":"023-107","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":18.19,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with First Lady Pat Nixon to inform her of the passing of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The conversation focused on the timing of Hoover’s death earlier that morning. Nixon signaled the need to prepare for the forthcoming official announcement regarding the vacancy and the loss of the longtime bureau head.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","FBI","Death","White House announcement","Pat Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:41:23.636Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","fbi","death","white-house-announcement","pat-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-106.mp3","bytes":436975,"durationSec":18.15,"bitrate":192643,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}